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Color and character : West Charlotte High and the American struggle over educational equality / Pamela Grundy.
Author
Grundy, Pamela
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Description
236 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
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Available Online
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LC213.23.C4 G78 2017
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Subject(s)
Educational equalization
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North Carolina
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Charlotte
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History
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School integration
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North Carolina
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Charlotte
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History
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African Americans
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Education (Secondary)
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North Carolina
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Charlotte
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Charlotte (N.C.)
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Race relations
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West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.)
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History
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Summary note
"West Charlotte opened in 1938 as a segregated school that embodied the aspirations of the growing African American population of Charlotte, North Carolina. In the 1970s, when Charlotte began court-ordered busing, black and white families made West Charlotte the celebrated flagship of the most integrated major school system in the nation. But as the twentieth century neared its close and a new court order eliminated race-based busing, Charlotte schools resegregated along lines of class as well as race. West Charlotte became the city's poorest, lowest-performing high school--a striking reminder of the people and places that Charlotte's rapid growth had left behind. While dedicated teachers continue to educate children, the school's challenges underscore the painful consequences of resegregation. Drawing on nearly two decades of interviews with students, educators, and alumni, Pamela Grundy uses the history of a community's beloved school to tell a broader American story of education, community, democracy, and race--all while raising questions about present-day strategies for school reform"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
An African American school
Civil rights
Busing
Building an integrated school
Pulling apart
Resegregation
Separate and unequal
Final thoughts: past, present, and future.
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Color & character
ISBN
9781469636078 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
1469636077 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
LCCN
2017015392
OCLC
975957367
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Color and Character West Charlotte High and the American Struggle over Educational Equality / Pamela Grundy.
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Color and character : West Charlotte High and the American struggle over educational equality / Pamela Grundy.
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