Keep on Keeping On The NAACP and the Implementation of Brown V. Board of Education in Virginia |
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| Author:
| Daugherity, Brian J. |
| Series title: | Carter G. Woodson Institute Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8139-3889-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2016 |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $64.00 |
Book Description:
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Offers a detailed examination of how African Americans and the NAACP in Virginia successfully pursued a legal agenda that provided new educational opportunities for the state's black population in the face of fierce opposition from segregationists and the Democratic Party. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive view of African Americans' efforts to obtain racial equality in Virginia in the later twentieth century.
Offers a detailed examination of how African Americans and the NAACP in Virginia successfully pursued a legal agenda that provided new educational opportunities for the state's black population in the face of fierce opposition from segregationists and the Democratic Party. This is the first book to offer a comprehensive view of African Americans' efforts to obtain racial equality in Virginia in the later twentieth century.