Virginia was a battleground state in the struggle to implement
Brown v. Board of Education, with one of the South's largest and
strongest NAACP units fighting against a program of noncompliance crafted by the state's
political leaders. Keep On Keeping On offers a detailed examination of how
African Americans and the NAACP in Virginia successfully pursued a legal agenda that provided
new educational opportunities for the state's black population in the face of fierce
opposition from segregationists and the Democratic Party of Harry F. Byrd Sr.
Keep On Keeping On is the first book to offer a
comprehensive view of African Americans' efforts to obtain racial equality in Virginia in
the later twentieth century. Brian J. Daugherity considers the relationship between the various
levels of the NAACP, the ideas and actions of other African American organizations, and the
stances of Virginia's political leaders, white liberals and moderates, and
segregationists. In doing so, the author provides a better understanding of the connections
between the actions of white political leaders and those of black civil rights activists working
to bring about school desegregation. Blending social, legal, southern, and African American
history, this book sheds new light on the civil rights movement and white resistance to civil
rights in Virginia and the South.
Copyright:
2016
Book Details
Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9780813938905
Publisher:
University of Virginia Press
Date of Addition:
08/03/16
Copyrighted By:
the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia