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Open The Doors : An Analysis Of The Prince Edward County, Virginia, Free School Association, Lisa A. Hohl
Open The Doors : An Analysis Of The Prince Edward County, Virginia, Free School Association, Lisa A. Hohl
Master's Theses
When the Supreme Court ordered integration of public schools in 1954 following Brown vs. Board of Education, Virginia responded with a policy of "massive resistance." Public schools were closed in Prince Edward County between 1959 and 1964. This thesis examines the school closings themselves, but concentrates primarily on the creation, implementation, and effect of the Prince Edward County Free School Association, a privately funded school system that operated during the 1963-1964 school year. Initiated by the Kennedy Administration as a one-year, emergency program, the Free Schools were designed to reestablish formal education for the county's black children. This thesis relied …
Toward Transformative Classrooms: A Critical Analysis Of School Partnerships In A Multicultural Setting, Jan Latorre-Derby
Toward Transformative Classrooms: A Critical Analysis Of School Partnerships In A Multicultural Setting, Jan Latorre-Derby
Master's Theses
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