| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 172 pages) : illustrations |
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Closing of the schools -- Divergent views -- Lenoir Chambers : the formative years -- The emergence of an editor -- A fish out of his pond -- Liberal journalism in the South -- Chambers as editor of the Virginian-Pilot -- Norfolk : the setting for a conflict -- The issue of the century -- Legislative ploys -- The resistance in Norfolk -- Advocacy for reopening the schools -- A city divided and beleaguered -- The turning of the tide -- The influence of Lenoir Chambers -- Epilogue : the editor and the schools |
| Summary |
In 1958 the nation's attention was focused on Norfolk, Virginia, where nearly ten thousand students were locked out of their schools. Rather than comply with the desegregation mandate of Brown v. Board of Education, Governor J. Lindsay Almond, supported by the powerful political machine of Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr., had closed Norfolk's white secondary schools |
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Massive resistance to integration transformed Norfolk into a civil rights arena. Although the process by which Norfolk's schools were integrated was far from orderly, the transition was characterized by debate, political maneuvering, and judicial action - not violence. Lenoir Chambers, editor of the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, conducted an editorial campaign supporting the peaceful implementation of the Court's order. Utilizing a wide range of primary and secondary sources, Standing before the Shouting Mob examines Chambers's campaign, explores the influences that shaped his racial views, and places him within the context of southern journalism. The book also provides a detailed analysis of Virginia's massive resistance and Norfolk's school closing |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-166) and index |
| Notes |
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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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Chambers, Lenoir, 1891-1970 -- Views on school integration
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Chambers, Lenoir, 1891-1970 fast |
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Chambers, Lenoir. swd |
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School integration -- Virginia -- History
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Journalists -- Virginia -- Biography
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EDUCATION -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Educators.
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Journalists
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School integration
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Education, Special Topics.
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Education.
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Social Sciences.
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Rassenintegration
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Schule
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Virginia
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Virginia
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Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585281270 |
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9780585281278 |
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