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Author Harvey, Gordon E. (Gordon Earl), 1967-

Title A question of justice : New South governors and education, 1968-1976 / Gordon E. Harvey.

Publication Info. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 229 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index.
Contents Deeper than a bus running down a road : the integration of Alabama's public schools -- Why not the teachers : education reform in Alabama, 1968-1970 -- A question of justice : the 1972 Florida busing straw vote -- Building a better Florida : the 1973 Florida education reforms -- Forging a "new South Carolina" : the aftermath of integration -- Sunbelt to the rescue : education reform in South Carolina.
Summary This illuminating study treats three pivotal governors whose impact on southern identity, politics, and culture has been profound, changing the region forever. In southern politics, 1970 marked a watershed. A group of southern governors entered office that year and changed both the way the nation looked at the South and the way the constituents of those states viewed themselves. Reubin Askew in Florida, John West in South Carolina, Jimmy Carter in Georgia, and Albert Brewer in Alabama all represented a new breed of progressive moderate politician that helped demolish Jim Crow segregation and t.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Education and state -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Education and state.
Alabama.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Education and state -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.
Florida.
Education and state -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century.
South Carolina.
School integration -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
School integration.
School integration -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.
School integration -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century.
Educational change -- Alabama -- History -- 20th century.
Educational change.
Educational change -- Florida -- History -- 20th century.
Educational change -- South Carolina -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books -- History.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Harvey, Gordon E. (Gordon Earl), 1967- Question of justice. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©2002 0817311572 9780817311575 (DLC) 2001007372 (OCoLC)48515482
ISBN 9780817313371 (electronic book)
0817313370 (electronic book)
0817311572 (alkaline paper)
9780817311575