STURGIS, KENTUCKY, A TENTATIVE DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE SCHOOL DESEGREGATION CRISIS. FIELD REPORTS ON DESEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH, FR. 3.

GIFFIN, ROSCOE

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ERIC Number: ED020280

Record Type: Non-Journal

Publication Date: 1956

Pages: 12

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STURGIS, KENTUCKY, A TENTATIVE DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE SCHOOL DESEGREGATION CRISIS. FIELD REPORTS ON DESEGREGATION IN THE SOUTH, FR. 3.

GIFFIN, ROSCOE

THIS REPORT OF A FIELD STUDY DESCRIBES THE 1956 CONFLICT WHICH OCCURRED IN A SMALL KENTUCKY TOWN AS A RESULT OF A SCHOOL DESEGREGATION CRISIS. THE REPORT CONTAINS (1) A SUMMARY OF THE OPINIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT RACE RELATIONS, SPECIFICALLY NEGRO OPINIONS, (2) A DISCUSSION OF THE ATTITUDES OF THE LOCAL PRESS, CIVIC OFFICIALS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS, (3) A DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN SEGREGATIONISTS, (4) INFORMATION ON COMMUNITY ECOLOGY AND DEMOGRAPHY, AND (5) A CHRONOLOGY OF THE SCHOOL DESEGREGATION CRISIS. (NH)

Descriptors: Attitudes, Blacks, Board of Education Role, City Officials, Community Study, Conflict, Desegregation Plans, Field Studies, Law Enforcement, Press Opinion, Racial Relations, School Desegregation, Segregationist Organizations, Whites

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Authoring Institution: B'nai B'rith, New York, NY. Anti-Defamation League.

Identifiers - Location: Kentucky

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