From Brown to Meredith
The Long Struggle for School Desegregation in Louisville, Kentucky, 1954-2007
Tracy E. K'Meyer
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 08/2013
Pages: 240
Subject: Education, Social Science, History
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Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9781469607092
DESCRIPTION
K'Meyer chronicles the local response to Brown v. Board of Education in 1956 and describes the start of countywide busing in 1975 as well as the crisis sparked by violent opposition to it. She reveals the forgotten story of the defense of integration and busing reforms in the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in the response to the 2007 Supreme Court decision known as Meredith. This long and multifaceted struggle for school desegregation, K'Meyer shows, informs the ongoing movement for social justice in Louisville and beyond.