Title: Young activists
First published: 2005
Description: "As racial tensions flared across the country, high schools became a crucial arena for the civil rights movement. Drawing upon the memories of students and teachers as well as education journals, court cases, and new magazines, Young Activists provides an insider's look at desegregation in all regions of the country, with a candid discussion of Black and Brown Power militancy and the reaction of white students. Debates about the war in Vietnam also rattled the high schools as young men and women - potential draftees and their colleagues - clashed over their judgments of American policy. In addition to these large social issues, student activists had their own specific agendas: relaxing dress codes, taking part in school governance, and initiating changes to the curriculum."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: History, High school students, Political activity, Student movements, Student strikes, American history: postwar, from c 1945 -, Political activism, Social history, c 1960 to c 1970, Education / Teaching, Education, Students & Student Life, USA, Secondary, 20th century, United States
Places: United States
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: LA229 .G65 2005