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Traces the growth of Lee v. Macon County from a case to desegregate a single school district in rural Alabama to a decision that paved the way for ending state-imposed racial segregation of the schools in the Deep South.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Tuskegee, Alabama, September 9, 1963
  • 1. The Ratchet Principle:Truman Sets Federal Civil Rights Policy for His Successors in Office
  • 2. Macon County and Alabama's Racial Caste System
  • 3. The School Desegregation Case Begins
  • 4. New Year, New Schools, New Law
  • 5. The Case Goes Statewide
  • 6. Aftermath: Response to the Statewide Decree
  • 7. "Watch What We Do"
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Index

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      Publisher University Press of Kansas
      Published 10 July 2022
      ISBN-13 9780700633203
      978-0700633203
      ISBN-10 0700633200
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Traces the growth of Lee v. Macon County from a case to desegregate a single school district in rural Alabama to a decision that paved the way for ending state-imposed racial segregation of the schools in the Deep South.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Introduction: Tuskegee, Alabama, September 9, 1963
      • 1. The Ratchet Principle:Truman Sets Federal Civil Rights Policy for His Successors in Office
      • 2. Macon County and Alabama's Racial Caste System
      • 3. The School Desegregation Case Begins
      • 4. New Year, New Schools, New Law
      • 5. The Case Goes Statewide
      • 6. Aftermath: Response to the Statewide Decree
      • 7. "Watch What We Do"
      • Conclusion
      • Notes
      • Bibliographic Essay
      • Index

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