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A most tolerant little town : the explosive beginning of school desegregation / Rachel Louise Martin.

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Book
Author/Creator:
Martin, Rachel Louise, 1980- author.
Contributor:
ProQuest ebook central
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Clinton High School (Clinton, Tenn.).
School integration--Tennessee--Clinton--History--20th century.
School integration.
School integration--Massive resistance movement--Tennessee--Clinton--History--20th century.
Racism in education--Tennessee--Clinton--History.
Racism in education.
African American students--Tennessee--Clinton--History--20th century.
African American students.
African Americans--Education--Tennessee--Clinton--History--20th century.
African Americans.
African Americans--Segregation--Tennessee--Clinton--History--20th century.
Clinton (Tenn.)--Race relations.
Clinton (Tenn.).
Clinton (Tenn.)--Politics and government--20th century.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Contents:
A note on language
Coming to the clinch, September 2005
Descending Freedman's Hill
Wynona's fight
Behind school doors
A carpetbagging troublemaker
The hardening
Judging justice
Victory and defeat
The best defense
Invasion
How to dodge a lynch mob
Learning the rules
Vining out
Small-town games
Ramping up
Who, then?
Tick. Tick. Tick
Alfred Williams
A war of nerves
A desegregated school
Boom
Silence, spreading
From the top of Freedman's Hill, July 2009.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Other Format:
Print version: Martin, Rachel Louise, 1980- Most tolerant little town
ISBN:
9781982186869
1982186860
Publisher Number:
40031829468
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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