Michelle a Purdy

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Transforming the Elite: Black Students and the Desegregation of Private SchoolsPaperback, 24 September 2018

Transforming the Elite: Black Students and the Desegregation of Private Schools
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Print Length
258 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Date Published
24 Sep 2018
ISBN-10
1469643499
ISBN-13
9781469643496

Description

When traditionally white public schools in the South became sites of massive resistance in the wake of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, numerous white students exited the public system altogether, with parents choosing homeschooling or private segregationist academies. But some historically white elite private schools opted to desegregate. The black students that attended these schools courageously navigated institutional and interpersonal racism but ultimately emerged as upwardly mobile leaders. Transforming the Elite tells this story. Focusing on the experiences of the first black students to desegregate Atlanta's well-known The Westminster Schools and national efforts to diversify private schools, Michelle A. Purdy combines social history with policy analysis in a dynamic narrative that expertly re-creates this overlooked history.

Through gripping oral histories and rich archival research, this book showcases educational changes for black southerners during the civil rights movement including the political tensions confronted, struggles faced, and school cultures transformed during private school desegregation. This history foreshadows contemporary complexities at the heart of the black community's mixed feelings about charter schools, school choice, and education reform.

Product Details

Author:
Michelle a Purdy
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
24 September 2018
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 1.47 cm
ISBN-10:
1469643499
ISBN-13:
9781469643496
Language:
English
Location:
Chapel Hill
Pages:
258
Weight:
399.16 gm

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