In this book, Gates brings before the reader persons and features unique to racial politics in the commonwealth of Virginia. He deals with the turbulent days that followed school desegregation decisions in 1954 and 1955 and with the emergence of the “massive resistance” movement in the region.
Originally published in 1964.
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The Making of Massive Resistance
Virginia's Politics of Public School Desegregation, 1954-1956
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The Making of Massive Resistance
Virginia's Politics of Public School Desegregation, 1954-1956
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- THE MAKING OF MASSIVE RESISTANCE
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF TABLES
- LIST OF FIGURES
- INTRODUCTION
- I VIRGINIA: ITS COUNTIES, CITIES, AND RACES
- II PARTISAN AND POLITICAL VIRGINIA
- III THE ORGANIZATION OF REACTION
- IV WHILE THE COMMISSION PONDERED
- V THE GRAY PLAN
- VI REFERENDUM A VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN
- VII WHO VOTED WHERE AND FOR WHAT
- VIII INTERPOSITION, NOW!
- IX THE AFTERMATH OF INTERPOSITION
- X SOME VIEWS OF INDIVIDUALS
- XI ADOPTION OF THE STANLEY PLAN
- XII SAME SCENE TEN MONTHS LATER
- XIII THE MAKING OF MASSIVE RESISTANCE: A SUMMING UP
- AFTERMATH
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
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