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Epps-Robertson, Candace,

Resisting Brown : race, literacy, and citizenship in the heart of Virginia / Race, literacy, and citizenship in the heart of Virginia Candace Epps-Robertson. - 1 online resource (xv, 148 pages) : illustrations, map - Composition, literacy, and culture .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface : a genealogy through stories -- Introduction : the power, possibility, and peril in histories of literacy -- Rhetoric, race, and citizenship in the heart of Virginia -- Manufacturing and responding to white supremacist ideology in the "Virginia way" -- "Teaching must be our way of demonstrating!" Institutional design against white supremacy -- Free School students speak -- Pomp and circumstance : the legacy of the Prince Edward County Free School Association for contemporary literacy theory and pedagogy.

"Many localities in America resisted integration in the aftermath of the Brown v. Board of Education rulings (1954, 1955). Virginia's Prince Edward County stands as perhaps the most extreme. Rather than fund integrated schools, the county's board of supervisors closed public schools from 1959 until 1964. The only formal education available for those locked out of school came in 1963 when the combined efforts of Prince Edward's African American community and aides from President John F. Kennedy's administration established the Prince Edward County Free School Association (Free School). This temporary school system would serve just over 1,500 students, both black and white, aged 6 through 23. Drawing upon extensive archival research, Resisting Brown presents the Free School as a site in which important rhetorical work took place. Candace Epps-Robertson analyzes public discourse that supported the school closures as an effort and manifestation of citizenship and demonstrates how the establishment of the Free School can be seen as a rhetorical response to white supremacist ideologies. The school's mission statements, philosophies, and commitment to literacy served as arguments against racialized constructions of citizenship. Prince Edward County stands as a microcosm of America's struggle with race, literacy, and citizenship"--Publisher's description

ISBN: 9780822986454 (electronic bk.) 0822986450 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Source: 22573/ctv7fnphn JSTOR

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Prince Edward County Free School Association (Va.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
School integration--Virginia--Prince Edward County.
Segregation in education--Virginia--Prince Edward County.
Public schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County.
Racism in education--Virginia--Prince Edward County.
Educational equalization--Virginia--Prince Edward County.
Civil rights movements--Virginia--Prince Edward County.
Free schools--Virginia--Prince Edward County.
EDUCATION--Administration--General.
EDUCATION--Educational Policy & Reform--General.
HISTORY--State & Local--South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)--United States
Racism in education.
Race relations.
Public schools.
Educational equalization.
Civil rights movements.
Free schools.
School integration.
Segregation in education.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Prince Edward County (Va.)--Race relations.
Virginia--Prince Edward County.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: LC212.522.V8

Dewey Class. No.: 379.2/6309755632