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A Campaign of Quiet Persuasion

How the College Board Desegregated SAT® Test Centers in the Deep South, 1960-1965

A Campaign of Quiet Persuasion( )
Author: Wheeler, Jan Bates
Foreword by: Coleman, David
Series title:Making the Modern South Ser.
ISBN:978-0-8071-5273-7
Publication Date:Nov 2013
Publisher:LSU Press
Book Format:Ebook
List Price:USD $42.50
Book Description:

In 1960, the College Entrance Examination Board became an unexpected participant in the movement to desegregate education in the South. Working with its partner, Educational Testing Services, the College Board quietly integrated its Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) centers throughout the Deep South. Traveling from state to state, taking one school district and even one school at a time, two College Board staff members, both native southerners, waged "a quiet campaign of persuasion"...
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Book Details
Pages:264
Detailed Subjects: Education / Educational Policy & Reform / General
Study Aids / Sat
Education / History
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 Inches



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