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Trained sociologist and therapist Roy interviews white alumni of Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas to investigate the reasons behind their resistance to desegregation in 1957. They also explore their lives since then, their present insecurities and resentments as they near retirement age, the shaping the white identities in the second half of the century, and lingering dissatisfaction and anger.
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Most Americans are familiar with the story of what happened at Little Rock's Central High School in September of 1957. Indeed, the image of Central High's massive double staircase--and of nine black teenagers climbing that staircase, clutching their schoolbooks by National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets--has become wedded in the American consciousness to the history of the civil-rights struggle in this country. Drawing on oral histories, Beth Roy tells...
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he story of what happened at Little Rock's Central High School in September of 1957 is one with which most Americans are familiar. Indeed, the image of Central High's massive double staircase?and of nine black teenagers climbing that staircase, clutching their schoolbooks, surrounded by National Guardsmen with fixed bayonets?has become wedded in the American consciousness to the history of the civil-rights struggle in this country. The world...
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- PublisherUniv of Arkansas Pr
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 1557285535
- ISBN 13 9781557285539
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages400
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