TY  - GEN
T1  - Resisting Brown : race, literacy, and citizenship in the heart of Virginia
T2  - Composition, literacy, and culture
A1  - Epps-Robertson, Candace
LA  - English
PP  - Pittsburgh, Pa.
PB  - University of Pittsburgh Press
YR  - 2018
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_on1059451208
AB  - "Many localities in America resisted integration in the aftermath of the Brown v. Board of Education rulings (1954, 1955). Virginia's Prince Edward County stands as perhaps the most extreme. Rather than fund integrated schools, the county's board of supervisors closed public schools from 1959 until 1964. The only formal education available for those locked out of school came in 1963 when the combined efforts of Prince Edward's African American community and aides from President John F. Kennedy's administration established the Prince Edward County Free School Association (Free School). This temporary school system would serve just over 1,500 students, both black and white, aged 6 through 23. Drawing upon extensive archival research, Resisting Brown presents the Free School as a site in which important rhetorical work took place. Candace Epps-Robertson analyzes public discourse that supported the school closures as an effort and manifestation of citizenship and demonstrates how the establishment of the Free School can be seen as a rhetorical response to white supremacist ideologies. The school's mission statements, philosophies, and commitment to literacy served as arguments against racialized constructions of citizenship. Prince Edward County stands as a microcosm of America's struggle with race, literacy, and citizenship"--Publisher's description
OP  - 148
CN  - LC212.522.V8
SN  - 9780822986454
SN  - 0822986450
SN  - 9780822965558
SN  - 0822965550
KW  - Prince Edward County Free School Association (Va.)
KW  - School integration : Virginia : Prince Edward County.
KW  - Segregation in education : Virginia : Prince Edward County.
KW  - Public schools : Virginia : Prince Edward County.
KW  - Racism in education : Virginia : Prince Edward County.
KW  - Educational equalization : Virginia : Prince Edward County.
KW  - Civil rights movements : Virginia : Prince Edward County.
KW  - Prince Edward County (Va.) : Race relations.
KW  - Free schools : Virginia : Prince Edward County.
KW  - EDUCATION : Administration : General.
KW  - EDUCATION : Educational Policy & Reform : General.
KW  - HISTORY : United States : State & Local : South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
KW  - Racism in education
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Public schools
KW  - Educational equalization
KW  - Civil rights movements
KW  - Free schools
KW  - School integration
KW  - Segregation in education
KW  - Virginia : Prince Edward County
ER  -