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A girl stands at the door : the generation of young women who desegregated America's schools / Rachel Devlin.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781541697331
- ISBN: 1541697332
- Physical Description: xxx, 342 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-324) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Roots of change: Lucile Blueford's long crusade -- "This lone negro girl": Ada Lois Spiuel, desegregation champion -- Girls on the front line: grassroots challenges in the late 1940s -- Laying the groundwork: Esther Brown and the struggle in South Park, Kansas -- "Hearts and minds": the road to Brown v. Board of Education -- "Take care of my baby": the isolation of the first "firsts" -- "We raised our hands and said 'yes we will go'": desegregating schools in the mid-1960s. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Gorge Community College Library | EDUCATION DEVLIN 2018 (Text) | 23892000943244 | Main Collection | Available | - |
