Why busing failed : race, media, and the national resistance to school desegregation
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Author
Published
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016].
ISBN
9780520284241, 0520284240, 9780520284258, 0520284259
Physical Desc
xii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Concord - Adult | 379.263 Delmont | On Shelf |
Lexington - Adult | 379.263 D | Checked Out |
Newton - Adult | 379.263 D38W 2016 | Checked Out |
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Published
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780520284241, 0520284240, 9780520284258, 0520284259
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-257) and index.
Description
"Busing, in which students were transported by school buses to achieve court ordered or voluntary school desegregation, became one of the nation's most controversial civil rights issues in the decades after Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Examining battles over school desegregation in cities like Boston, Chicago, New York, and Pontiac, Why Busing Failed shows how school officials, politicians, courts, and the news media valued the desires of white parents more than the rights of black students, and how antibusing parents and politicians borrowed media strategies from the civil rights movement to thwart busing for school desegregation. This national history of busing brings together well-known political figures such as Richard Nixon and Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, with less well known figures like Boston civil rights activist Ruth Batson, Florida Governor Claude Kirk, Pontiac housewife and antibusing activist Irene McCabe, and Clay Smothers (the self-proclaimed "most conservative black man in America"). This book shows that shows that "busing" failed to more fully desegregate public schools because school officials, politicians, courts, and the news media valued the desires of white parents more than the rights of black students"--Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Delmont, M. F. (2016). Why busing failed: race, media, and the national resistance to school desegregation . University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Delmont, Matthew F.. 2016. Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation. University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Delmont, Matthew F.. Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation University of California Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Delmont, Matthew F.. Why Busing Failed: Race, Media, and the National Resistance to School Desegregation University of California Press, 2016.
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