The New Orleans School Crisis of 1960: Causes and Consequences.

Wieder, Alan

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Publication Date: 1987

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The New Orleans School Crisis of 1960: Causes and Consequences.

Wieder, Alan

Phylon, v48 n2 p122-31 Sum 1987

When two New Orleans Elementary Schools were integrated in 1960, Whites left the school and racial violence occurred. Two reasons for this are discussed in the context of books written about the incidents. Desegregation failed, and the schools are still segregated. (VM)

Descriptors: Blacks, Community Leaders, Court Litigation, Elementary Education, Racial Bias, School Desegregation, Sex Bias, Social Action, Violence, Whites

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