A girl stands at the door : the generation of young women who desegregated America's schools
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New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
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LC Subjects
African American girls -- Education -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Discrimination in education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Educational equalization -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
School integration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Segregation in education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Discrimination in education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Educational equalization -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
School integration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Segregation in education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Published
New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxx, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"A new history of school desegregation in America, revealing how girls and women led the fight for interracial education The struggle to desegregate America's schools was a grassroots movement, and young women were its vanguard. In the late 1940s, parents began to file desegregation lawsuits with their daughters, forcing Thurgood Marshall and other civil rights lawyers to take up the issue and bring it to the Supreme Court. After the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, girls far outnumbered boys in volunteering to desegregate formerly all-white schools. In A Girl Stands at the Door, historian Rachel Devlin tells the remarkable stories of these desegregation pioneers. She also explains why black girls were seen, and saw themselves, as responsible for the difficult work of reaching across the color line in public schools. Highlighting the extraordinary bravery of young black women, this bold revisionist account illuminates today's ongoing struggles for equality"--Amazon.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Devlin, R. (2018). A girl stands at the door: the generation of young women who desegregated America's schools (First edition.). Basic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Devlin, Rachel. 2018. A Girl Stands At the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools. Basic Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Devlin, Rachel. A Girl Stands At the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools Basic Books, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Devlin, Rachel. A Girl Stands At the Door: The Generation of Young Women Who Desegregated America's Schools First edition., Basic Books, 2018.
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