Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface. The Invisibility of the Activists' Scars -- Introduction. A Unique Divorce between Federal Decisions and Loyal White Local Southern Officials -- Chapter 1. Brown and the Muddled Realities of Public Education -- Chapter 2. The Insatiable Appetite of Jim Crow and Black Tiftonians' Desire for Full Citizenship -- Chapter 3. A Heavy Tax Levied for Demanding Equality -- Chapter 4. Educational Resources Are Not for White Schools Only -- Chapter 5. When Desegregation Was Not Enough
Epilogue. The Elusive Nature of Educational Equality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
"In the decade after the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board decision, it became clear to students, parents, and community members alike that court cases were insufficient in the pursuit of educational justice. This book explores what made it difficult for educational equality to become obtainable after the Brown decision as well as the resilience and activism of younger Black students who sought to enforce equality-even when the government could not. The 1954 ruling enabled public schools to reach a degree of desegregation but did not enable them to become "the learning institutions they could have become" due to the actions of white officials and local white communities who construed Black youth's articulation of educational redress as "adversarial" instead of as a "communal enterprise." Importantly, Audacious Agitation does not portray Black youth as objects of study but rather highlights their powerful agency in increasing opportunity for themselves through the educational system"-- Provided by publisher
