The educational lockout of African Americans in Prince Edward County, Virginia (1959-1964) : personal accounts and reflections /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Hicks, Terence, Pitre, Abul
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2010]
Series:	Issues in black education series.
Subjects:	Public school closings > Virginia > Prince Edward County > History > 20th century. African Americans > Education > Virginia > Prince Edward County > History > 20th century. County school systems > Virginia > Prince Edward County. Segregation in education > Virginia > Prince Edward County.

Table of Contents:

"Grassroots schools" and training centers in the Prospect district of Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1959-1964 / Amy Tillerson-Brown
We will move : the Kennedy administration and restoring public education to Prince Edward County, Virginia / Brian E. Lee
Farmville, 1963 : the long hot summer / Jill Ogline Titus
Black resilience vs. white resistance in Prince Edward County / John Craig
Northerners in a Jim Crow world : Queens College summer experience / Michael R. Wenger and Stan F. Shaw
A lecture from the children of the "lost-generation" of students from Prince Edward County, Virginia / Terence Hicks
Reflections of African American parents, teachers, and students in Prince Edward County, Virginia, 1959-1964 / Michael K. Herndon.