{"product_id":"reading-writing-and-race-the-desegregation-of-the-charlotte-schools-9780807845295","title":"Reading, Writing, and Race: The Desegregation of the Charlotte Schools","description":"Using Charlotte, North Carolina, as a case study of the dynamics of racial change in the 'moderate' South, Davison Douglas analyzes the desegregation of the city's public schools from the Supreme Court's 1954 \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e decision through the early 1970s, when the city embarked upon the most ambitious school busing plan in the nation. In charting the path of racial change, Douglas considers the relative efficacy of the black community's use of public demonstrations and litigation to force desegregation. He also evaluates the role of the city's white business community, which was concerned with preserving Charlotte's image as a racially moderate city, in facilitating racial gains.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte's white leadership, anxious to avoid economically damaging racial conflict, engaged in early but decidedly token integration in the late 1950s and early 1960s in response to the black community's public protest and litigation efforts. The insistence in the late 1960s on widespread busing, however, posed integration demands of an entirely different magnitude. As Douglas shows, the city's white leaders initially resisted the call for busing but eventually relented because they recognized the importance of a stable school system to the city's continued prosperity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Davison M. Douglas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807845295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavison M. Douglas is associate professor of law at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary. He is editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Development of School Busing as a Desegregation Remedy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Public Debate over Busing and Attempts to Restrict Its Use\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of North Carolina Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43197335306355,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":80.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_328c1fa3-075c-4ec3-bc6f-864aa0e404ff.jpg?v=1752665313","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/reading-writing-and-race-the-desegregation-of-the-charlotte-schools-9780807845295","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}