The children of the South.
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Author
Publication
1966 - Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
52,000 words, Guess
Page Count
208 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL5989570M
- OCLC Control Number189963
- OCLC Control Numberchildrenofsouth00ande
- Library of Congress Control Number66020169
Classifications
- DDC370.19344
- LCCLC2801 .A83
Description
Following the U.S. Supreme Court's 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, federal judge Robert Taylor ordered Clinton High School to desegregate with "all deliberate speed" in the fall of 1956. That same year, when the new school year began, 12 African-American children went to Clinton High School, setting in motion events that nobody could have predicted. Though the response to this integration was initially positive, it all changed when white supremacists started showing up in town, and two years later Clinton High School was blown up. Margaret Anderson was a teacher at the high school, and this is an account of the impact of the court's decision on those children--both black and white--psychologically, socially, and educationally. Throughout she lets the children speak for themselves; and their stories are unforgettable.
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