We Have Been Waiting Too Long: The Struggle Against Racial Segregation in Loudoun County, Virginia

by Matthew Exline

In May, 1968, the all-black Douglass High School in Leesburg, Virginia graduated its last class, and the following school year almost all formerly whites-only schools in the county had at least one black student. In the words of NAACP activist Charles Houston, ending racial segregation "did not come about by love alone." This triumphant moment was the culmination of almost forty years of struggle. In this groundbreaking study of local history with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08C9CPRS1
• ISBN13: 9798655193086
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"