Nacogdoches Integration, Then and Now: Nacogdoches before and after segregation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1622881044 ISBN 13: 9781622881048

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Thomas J. Rusk Elementary School, in Nacogdoches, Texas, houses a carved stone dedication plaque in its gymnasium’s entryway.It reads “This gymnasium is dedicated to the White children of Nacogdoches.” In those days, Nacogdoches was unapologetically segregated. It was a matter of not only custom but also of law.

In respect to segregation, Nacogdoches was little different than other communities in the Jim Crow South. Its location in Texas, however, helped to obscure this fact. While the US Supreme Courtended segregation in public schools on May 17, 1954, Nacogdoches schools were not forced to integrate until 1970.

This book is comprised of essays that paint a portrait of Nacogdoches both before and after integration. Readers will find a collection of essays written by scholars but also by people who have firsthandexperience in conflicts that arose in Nacogdoches after 1970. The essays focus upon both the objective, measurable dimensions of race in Nacogdoches, but also upon the actual lived experiences of AfricanAmericans in rural East Texas.

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About the Author

Michelle Williams is an associate professor at SFASU in the Department of Elementary Education and coordinates the Middle Level Grades Online Completer Program.

Brandon L. Fox is an assistant professor in the Department of Elementary Education at SFASU.

Edition details

• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1622881044
• ISBN 13: 9781622881048
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Williams Michelle, Fox Brandon L.