Fifty Years of Challenges to the Colorline Montgomery, Alabama

Fifty Years of Challenges to the Colorline Montgomery, Alabama

After fifty years of challenges to the color line in Montgomery, Alabama, the Metropolitan Statistical Area is more integrated now than it was in 1950. Through exploring the effects of Brown v. Board of Education, the bus boycott, school integration court cases, re-segregation of schools in city and...

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Main Author: Murphy, Alison L.
Format: Others
Published: Digital Archive @ GSU 2009
Subjects:
Montgomery
Alabama
Integration
Desegregation
Federal Housing Policy
Fair Housing Act
Central Alabama Fair Housing Center
School integration
Dual school system
Unitary school system
History
Online Access:http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/history_theses/37
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spelling ndltd-GEORGIA-oai-digitalarchive.gsu.edu-history_theses-10362013-04-23T03:21:04Z Fifty Years of Challenges to the Colorline Montgomery, Alabama Murphy, Alison L. After fifty years of challenges to the color line in Montgomery, Alabama, the Metropolitan Statistical Area is more integrated now than it was in 1950. Through exploring the effects of Brown v. Board of Education, the bus boycott, school integration court cases, re-segregation of schools in city and suburban districts, and federal open-housing policies, the volatile transformation appears to shows how, after fifty years, Montgomery has moved from a segregated dual society to a partially integrated society in spite of the massive resistance to integration. 2009-12-01 text application/pdf http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/history_theses/37 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&context=history_theses History Theses Digital Archive @ GSU Montgomery Alabama Integration Desegregation Federal Housing Policy Fair Housing Act Central Alabama Fair Housing Center School integration Dual school system Unitary school system History
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topic Montgomery
Alabama
Integration
Desegregation
Federal Housing Policy
Fair Housing Act
Central Alabama Fair Housing Center
School integration
Dual school system
Unitary school system
History
spellingShingle Montgomery
Alabama
Integration
Desegregation
Federal Housing Policy
Fair Housing Act
Central Alabama Fair Housing Center
School integration
Dual school system
Unitary school system
History
Murphy, Alison L.
Fifty Years of Challenges to the Colorline Montgomery, Alabama
description After fifty years of challenges to the color line in Montgomery, Alabama, the Metropolitan Statistical Area is more integrated now than it was in 1950. Through exploring the effects of Brown v. Board of Education, the bus boycott, school integration court cases, re-segregation of schools in city and suburban districts, and federal open-housing policies, the volatile transformation appears to shows how, after fifty years, Montgomery has moved from a segregated dual society to a partially integrated society in spite of the massive resistance to integration.
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title Fifty Years of Challenges to the Colorline Montgomery, Alabama
title_short Fifty Years of Challenges to the Colorline Montgomery, Alabama
title_full Fifty Years of Challenges to the Colorline Montgomery, Alabama
title_fullStr Fifty Years of Challenges to the Colorline Montgomery, Alabama
title_full_unstemmed Fifty Years of Challenges to the Colorline Montgomery, Alabama
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