A new kind of youth : historically Black high schools and southern student activism, 1920-1975 /
"The story of activist youth in America is usually framed around the Vietnam War, the counterculture, and college campuses, focusing primarily on college students in the 1960s and 1970s. But a remarkably effective tradition of Black high school student activism in the civil rights era has gone...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2022]
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| Summary: | "The story of activist youth in America is usually framed around the Vietnam War, the counterculture, and college campuses, focusing primarily on college students in the 1960s and 1970s. But a remarkably effective tradition of Black high school student activism in the civil rights era has gone understudied. A New Kind of Youth brings high school activism into greater focus, illustrating how Black youth supported liberatory social and political movements and inspired their elders across the South"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 336 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781469671383 1469671387 9781469671390 1469671395 |