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A Victory of Sorts: Desegregation in a Southern Communityreviewed by Kimberly Lenease King - 2004 Title: A Victory of Sorts: Desegregation in a Southern Community Author(s): Winfred E. Pitts Publisher: University Press of America, Lanham ISBN: 0761825339, Pages: 219, Year: 2003 Search for book at Amazon.com The 50th year anniversary of Brown v. Board of
Education,
Topeka
,
KS
is quickly approaching. It has given scholars/educators time to
reflect on the educational experiences of African Americans in the
post-Brown era. A Victory of Sorts: Desegregation in a
Southern Community by Winfred E. Pitts assists in this process
of reflection with a contribution to the “local history
genre” (p. xiii). Embracing critical race theory, the author
engages in what he calls ‘historical research
methodology’ (p. xii). Pitts accomplishes this task primarily
through archival research. However, to augment what he learns from
archival documents like school board minutes, correspondence files
with the U.S. Office of Civil Rights, microfilm copies of the local
newspapers, school documents such as office records from city
schools, yearbooks, and student newspapers, Pitts interviews
individuals active at the school and community levels preceding,
during, and following the Brown decision. This approach
results in a vivid picture of the impact of Brown v. Board of
Education, Topeka, KS on a local community that attempted to
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- Kimberly King
Auburn University E-mail Author KIMBERLY LENEASE KING is currently an associate professor in Educational Foundations, Leadership & Technology, at Auburn University. She received her Ph.D. in History, Philosophy and Policy Studies in 1998 and an M.S. in Higher Education Adminstration in 1993 from Indiana University-Bloomington. She is also an alum of Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa. She teaches courses in the areas of history and sociology of education, education in global contexts, diversity, and qualitative research. Her research interest include examinations of the relationship between educational equity and race, class and gender in K-12 and higher education settings. She is co-editor of Aparthied No More: Case Studies of Southern African Universities in the Process of Transformation, co-author of a forthcoming book by Greenwood Press tentatively titled Moving Beyond the Numbers: Implementing a Strategic Plan for Comprehensive Racial Inclusion, and author of a number of articles and book chapters.
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