The Hardest Deal of All: The Battle Over School Integration in Mississippi, 1870â?"1980

Contents

CONTENTS IX Acknowledgments XI Introduction XXI Abbreviations 3 CHAPTER ONE TOO MANY SCHOOLS, TOO LITTLE MONEY Mississippi’s Dual Education System, 1870–1940 33 CHAPTER TWO A LAST GASP TO MAINTAIN A SEGREGATED SYSTEM Mississippi’s Failed Effort to Make Separate Education Truly Equal 61 CHAPTER THREE TEN YEARS OF NOTHING BUT DELIBERATE SPEED The Aftermath of Brown in Mississippi 96 CHAPTER FOUR THE CRACK IN THE WALL School Desegregation Begins 117 CHAPTER FIVE FREEDOM OF CHOICE FOR WHITES Massive Resistance by Another Name VII 141 CHAPTER SIX FREEDOM OF CHOICE FOR BLACKS “Very Little Choice and No Freedom at All” 167 CHAPTER SEVEN SCHOOL INTEGRATION We Do Not Want Our Children Going to School with Yours 193 CHAPTER EIGHT SCHOOL INTEGRATION A Pyrrhic Victory? 217 Epilogue 224 Notes 269 Index VIII CONTENTS ...