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Author Grundy, Pamela, author.

Title Color and character : West Charlotte High and the American struggle over educational equality / Pamela Grundy
Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (236 pages) : illustrations, maps
Contents An African American school -- Civil rights -- Busing -- Building an integrated school -- Pulling apart -- Resegregation -- Separate and unequal -- Final thoughts: past, present, and future
Summary "West Charlotte opened in 1938 as a segregated school that embodied the aspirations of the growing African American population of Charlotte, North Carolina. In the 1970s, when Charlotte began court-ordered busing, black and white families made West Charlotte the celebrated flagship of the most integrated major school system in the nation. But as the twentieth century neared its close and a new court order eliminated race-based busing, Charlotte schools resegregated along lines of class as well as race. West Charlotte became the city's poorest, lowest-performing high school--a striking reminder of the people and places that Charlotte's rapid growth had left behind. While dedicated teachers continue to educate children, the school's challenges underscore the painful consequences of resegregation. Drawing on nearly two decades of interviews with students, educators, and alumni, Pamela Grundy uses the history of a community's beloved school to tell a broader American story of education, community, democracy, and race--all while raising questions about present-day strategies for school reform"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index
Notes Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed July 6, 2021)
Subject West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.) -- History
SUBJECT West Charlotte High School (Charlotte, N.C.) fast
Subject Educational equalization -- North Carolina -- Charlotte -- History
School integration -- North Carolina -- Charlotte -- History
African Americans -- Education (Secondary) -- North Carolina -- Charlotte
EDUCATION -- Secondary.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
African Americans -- Education (Secondary)
Educational equalization
Race relations
School integration
SUBJECT Charlotte (N.C.) -- Race relations
Subject North Carolina -- Charlotte
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017015392
ISBN 9781469636085
1469636085
9781469636092
1469636093