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Author Baer, Frances Lisa, 1968-

Title Resistance to public school desegregation [electronic resource] : Little Rock, Arkansas, and beyond / Frances Lisa Baer.

Imprint New York : LFB Scholarly Pub., 2008.

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Description vii, 328 p.
Series Law and society
Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-318) and index.
Contents Preparations for compliance in the "city of roses" -- Segregationist Arkansas rear their heads -- James Jackson Kilpatrick, Jr., and the "transcendent issue" -- The citizens' council turns up the heat -- Last ditch attempts at avoidance -- Governor Faubus calls out the guard -- The Little Rock crisis in the eyes of the world and at home -- The "prevailing spirit of defiance" -- The moderates awaken : "massive resistance" after Cooper -- The forces of moderation reclaim the "city of roses".
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Chronological Term Geschichte 1957-1959
Subject Discrimination in education -- United States -- History.
School integration -- United States -- History.
Discrimination in education -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History.
School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781593322601 (alk. paper)
1593322607 (alk. paper)

 
    
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