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Author Purdy, Michelle A., author

Title Transforming the elite : black students and the desegregation of private schools / Michelle A. Purdy
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018]

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Contents The inheritances of a new elite private school -- Contending with change and challenges -- The blurring of public and private -- The fearless firsts -- Courageous navigation
Summary "When traditionally white public schools in the South became sites of massive resistance in the wake of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, numerous white students exited the public system altogether, with parents choosing homeschooling or private segregationist academies. But some historically white elite private schools opted to desegregate. The black students that attended these schools courageously navigated institutional and interpersonal racism, but ultimately emerged as upwardly mobile leaders. 'Transforming the Elite' tells this story. Focusing on the experiences of the first black students to desegregate Atlanta's well-known Westminster Schools and national efforts to diversify private schools, Michelle A. Purdy combines social history with policy analysis"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Pressly, William L. (William Laurens), 1908-2001.
SUBJECT Pressly, William L. (William Laurens), 1908-2001
Subject Westminster Schools (Atlanta, Ga.) -- History -- 20th century
SUBJECT Westminster Schools (Atlanta, Ga.) fast
Subject Private schools -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century
School integration -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century
School integration -- United States -- History -- 20th century
African American students -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION -- History.
African American students
Private schools
School integration
Georgia -- Atlanta
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781469643502
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9781469643519
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