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A new kind of youth : historically Black high schools and Southern student activism, 1920-1975
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- Summary
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"The story of activist youth in America is usually framed around the Vietnam War, the counterculture, and college campuses, focusing primarily on college students in the 1960s and 1970s. But a rema...
"The story of activist youth in America is usually framed around the Vietnam War, the counterculture, and college campuses, focusing primarily on college students in the 1960s and 1970s. But a remarkably effective tradition of Black high school student activism in the civil rights era has gone understudied. A New Kind of Youth brings high school activism into greater focus, illustrating how Black youth supported liberatory social and political movements and inspired their elders across the South"--
Details
- Creator
- Jon N. Hale
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- 1st ed
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2022
- ©2022
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (349 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781469671406, 9781469671413, 9798890860286, 1469671409, 1469671395, 1469671387, 9781469671390, 9781469671383, 1469671417
- OCLC
- on1352969003
- The most momentous youth development that the South has ever seen: the racialization and politicization of high school youth, 1920-1940 -- Behold the land: the southern high school youth movement during and after the Second World War, 1940-1950 -- Why don't you do something about it?: youth activism of the 1950s -- Young people who were not able to accept things as status quo: youth mobilization and direct-action protest during the 1960s -- If you want police, we will have them: the assault on Black students, teachers, and schools, 1969-1975
Subjects
- Segregation in education -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
- High schools -- Social aspects -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
- Civil rights movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
- African American student movements -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
- African American high school students -- Political activity -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
- Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.