The Moderates' Dilemma
Subtitle: Massive Resistance to School Desegregation in Virginia
Contributors: Andrew B. Lewis (Editor); Michael D. Lassiter (Editor)
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: October 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780813918174
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Human rights; Organization & management of education; Racism & racial discrimination; Schools; c 1945 to c 1960; History; Education; Virginia; History - General History; School integration; History: American; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights; United States - State & Local - General; 20th century; General; Segregation in education
First sentence: IN JANUARY 1948 Armistead Lloyd Boothe, a forty-year-old lawyer from Alexandria, was one of an exceptional group of new legislators who entered the halls of the Virginia General Assembly for the first time.