| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxx, 342 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Roots of change: Lucile Bluford's long crusade -- "This lone Negro girl": Ada Lois Sipuel, 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. |
| Summary |
A new history of school desegregation in America, revealing how girls and women led the fight for interracial education The struggle to desegregate America's schools was a grassroots movement, and young women were its vanguard. In the late 1940s, parents began to file desegregation lawsuits with their daughters, forcing Thurgood Marshall and other civil rights lawyers to take up the issue and bring it to the Supreme Court. After the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, girls far outnumbered boys in volunteering to desegregate formerly all-white schools. In A Girl Stands at the Door, historian Rachel Devlin tells the remarkable stories of these desegregation pioneers. She also explains why black girls were seen, and saw themselves, as responsible for the difficult work of reaching across the color line in public schools. Highlighting the extraordinary bravery of young black women, this bold revisionist account illuminates today's ongoing struggles for equality. |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: 1 user |
| Subject |
Segregation in education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Segregation in education. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Discrimination in education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Discrimination in education. |
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School integration -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Educational equalization -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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African American girls -- Education -- History -- 20th century.
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School integration. |
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Education. |
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Civil rights movements. |
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Educational equalization. |
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. |
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African American girls. |
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Devlin, Rachel. Girl stands at the door. First edition. New York : Basic Books, [2018] 9781541697331 (DLC) 2017055188 |
| ISBN |
9781541616653 (electronic book) |
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1541616650 (electronic book) |
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9781541616660 |
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1541616669 |
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9781541697331 (hardcover) |
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