Turn Away Thy Son
Subtitle: Little Rock, the Crisis That Shocked the Nation
Publisher: Free Press
Published: January 9, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780743297196
Subjects: History: American; United States - 20th Century; History; Education Of Black Students; History Of Education; United States - State & Local - South; History - U.S; School integration; Little Rock; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; United States - 20th Century/50s; History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); Arkansas; 20th century; African Americans; Education
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Miscegenation and the beast; title: Defining the debate : Harry Ashmore; title: Massive resistance : Jim Johnson; title: Paternalistic gentleman : Archie House and the establishment; title: Blue-collar opposition : Amis Guthridge; title: A time of panic : Virgil Blossom; title: The chosen few; title: The crisis breaks : Orval Faubus; title: The minefield in the middle : Brooks Hays; title: In search of compromise : Faubus, Hays, and Eisenhower; title: Central High School, act one : Daisy Bates; title: Into the cauldron : the Little Rock nine; title: A crisis of leadership : Robert R. Brown and the civic elite; title: Torments behind closed doors : Minnijean Brown; title: The battle in the courts : Richard C. Butler; title: Empty schools : Wiley Branton; title: The women organize : Vivion Brewer; title: Rebirth : Everett Tucker; title: The new elite consensus : Gaston Williamson; title: A bang and a whimper; title: A note on miscegenation