From Brown to Meredith: The Long Struggle for School Desegregation in Louisville, Kentucky, 1954-2007

From Brown to Meredith: The Long Struggle for School Desegregation in Louisville, Kentucky, 1954-2007 book cover

From Brown to Meredith: The Long Struggle for School Desegregation in Louisville, Kentucky, 1954-2007

Author(s): Tracy E. K'Meyer (Author)

  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Publication Date: 1 Feb. 2016
  • Edition: Illustrated
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 236 pages
  • ISBN-10: 1469627256
  • ISBN-13: 9781469627250

Book Description

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Editorial Reviews

Review

“[A] valuable and accessible community study.” — Journal of Southern History

“An important case study in history and oral history because of its extensive use of interviews.” — Oral History Review

“An important contribution to the study of school desegregation. . . .From Brown to Meredith expands our understanding of the “long” civil rights movement by examining how school integration has fared in recent decades.” — Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

“The richness of these primary sources does recommend the work as a supplementary text for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in modern American history.” — Journal of American History

“Well-researched and methodologically sound. . . . A laudable job.” — Journal of African American History

From the Back Cover

When the Supreme Court overturned Louisville’s local desegregation plan in 2007, the people of Jefferson County, Kentucky, faced the question of whether and how to maintain racial diversity in their schools. This debate came at a time when scholars, pundits, and much of the public had declared school integration a failed experiment rightfully abandoned. Using oral history narratives, newspaper accounts, and other documents, Tracy E. K’Meyer exposes the disappointments of desegregation, draws attention to those who struggled for over five decades to bring about equality and diversity, and highlights the many benefits of school integration.

About the Author

Tracy E. K’Meyer is professor of history and codirector of the Oral History Center at the University of Louisville, USA.

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