Forsaking all others : a true story of interracial sex and revenge in the 1880s South / Charles F. Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Charles F. (Charles Frank)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Men, White--Southern States--Biography.

Men, White.

African American women--Southern States--Biography.

African American women.

Miscegenation (Racist theory)--Southern States--Case studies.

Miscegenation (Racist theory).

Passing (Identity)--Southern States--Case studies.

Passing (Identity).

Southern States--Race relations--History--19th century.

Southern States.

Desha County (Ark.)--Biography.

Desha County (Ark.).

Memphis (Tenn.)--Biography.

Memphis (Tenn.).

Bankston, Isaac, -1884.

Bankston, Isaac.

Bradford, Missouri.

Bankston, Isaac--Trials, litigation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (183 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville [Tenn.] : University of Tennessee Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Opportunity Lost, Marcus D. Pohlmann examines the troubling issue of why Memphis city school students are underperforming at alarming rates. His provocative interdisciplinary analysis, combining both history and social science, examines the events before and after desegregation, compares a city school to an affluent suburban school to pinpoint imbalances, and offers critical assessments of various educational reforms.Employing a rich trove of data to demonstrate the realities of racial and economic inequality, Pohlmann underscores the difficulties that plague the urban schoo

Contents:

Mississippi on his mind : Isaac Bankston's formative years

The confluence across the river

In search of their place

From Memphis to marriage and misery

Color line justice

A quest for honor.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781572337404

1572337400

OCLC:

719387482