A new kind of youth : historically Black high schools and southern student activism, 1920-1975 / Jon N. Hale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hale, Jon N., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American high school students--Political activity--Southern States--History--20th century.

African American high school students.

African American student movements--Southern States--History--20th century.

African American student movements.

Civil rights movements--Southern States--History--20th century.

Civil rights movements.

High schools--Social aspects--Southern States--History--20th century.

High schools.

Segregation in education--Southern States--History--20th century.

Segregation in education.

Southern States--Race relations--History--20th century.

Southern States.

High schools--Social aspects.

Race relations.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2022]

Summary:

"The story of activist youth in America is usually framed around the Vietnam War, the counterculture, and college campuses, focusing primarily on college students in the 1960s and 1970s. But a remarkably effective tradition of Black high school student activism in the civil rights era has gone understudied. A New Kind of Youth brings high school activism into greater focus, illustrating how Black youth supported liberatory social and political movements and inspired their elders across the South"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Most Momentous Youth Development

That the South Has Ever Seen

The Racialization and Politicization of High School Youth, 1920

1940

2. Behold the Land

The Southern High School Youth Movement during and after the Second World War, 1940

1950

3. Why Don't You Do Something about It?

Youth Activism of the 1950s

4. Young People Who Were Not Able to Accept Things as Status Quo

Youth Mobilization and Direct-Action Protest during the 1960s

5. If You Want Police, We Will Have Them

The Assault on Black Students, Teachers, and Schools, 1969

1975.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781469671383

1469671387

9781469671390

1469671395

OCLC:

1337564352