The Color of Their Skin

by Robert A. Pratt

Book Overview

The first major study of school desegregation in a Virginia locality to appear in over twenty-five years, The Color of Their Skin traces the evolution of the Richmond public schools from segregation to desegregation to resegregation over the decades following the Brown decision. Robert A. Pratt explores the undercurrents of white opposition to the dismantling of the "separate but equal" system and analyzes the overall impact of the process...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813914817
• ISBN13: 9780813914817
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher