Maxine Smith's unwilling pupils : lessons learned in Memphis's civil rights classroom : an unauthorized biography of Maxine Atkins Smith / Sherry L. Hoppe, Bruce W. Speck
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- 3987456
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- Author:
- Hoppe, Sherry L. (Sherry Lee), 1947-
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- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, c2007
- xix, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9781572335875
- 1572335874
- Summary:
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"Maxine Smith's Unwilling Pupils is the authorized biography of Maxine Atkins Smith. As such it tells the story of the civil rights movement in Memphis from Smith's viewpoint. Primarily based on newspaper accounts from the 1960s and 1970s and on Smith's papers housed at the Memphis Public Library, the book also draws from a rich source of interviews conducted by the coauthors and others." "This book presents a historical background of the civil rights era even while serving as a tribute to Maxine Smith and her work. A panoramic view of Maxine's life, Maxine Smith's Unwilling Pupils presents one woman's struggle as a prism for understanding the human dimensions of the fight for equality." "The biography portrays Smith's life-long focus on education as she tried to enlighten both blacks and whites about equality and the inalienable rights of all races. Along the way she became the face of the civil rights movement in Memphis during a critical time in the movement's history. Maxine's unwilling pupils often hated her for her outspoken and tenacious advocacy for those rights; her followers loved her for her unwavering commitment to ensure the rights of African Americans."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Foreword 000
- Maxine Atkins Smith
- Preface 000
- Acknowledgments 000
- Part 1. Setting the Stage
- Introduction: An Uppity Nigger 000
- Chapter 1. Maxine's Early Years: An Activist in the Making 000
- Chapter 2. The Defining Moment 000
- Part 2. The Turbulent 1960s: Maxine Helps Reshape the Landscape
- Introduction: The Unchanging Scene 000
- Chapter 3. The Chisel and the Sledgehammer: Desegregating Schools 000
- Chapter 4. Crossing the Color Barrier in Public Facilities 000
- Chapter 5. Striking the Inequality in Employment 000
- Part 3. Progress in the 1970s: Maxine and Vasco Move inside the Power Structure
- Introduction: Black Legs under the Table 000
- Chapter 6. The Infiltration of the School Board 000
- Chapter 7. Vasco: The Other Half of the Heartbeat 000
- Chapter 8. The Power of the Vote 000
- Part 4. From Activist to Advocate: The 1980s and 1990s
- Introduction: Lessons Learned from the Past 000
- Chapter 9. The Haze on the Windshield of Busing 000
- Chapter 10. From the Rejected to the Boss 000
- Part 5. In the New Millennium: Looking Back and Looking Forward
- Chapter 11. A Conversation with Maxine's Friends and Son 000
- Epilogue 000
- Appendix 1. Memphis Criteria for Student Transfers Based on Tennessee Pupil Placement Law 000
- Appendix 2. Board of Education Letter with Response to Ten Questions 000
- Appendix 3. School Board Responses to Fifteen Demands 000
- Appendix 4. Statement of the Board of Education 000
- Appendix 5. Awards and Recognitions Maxine Has Received 000
- Appendix 6. Family Tree 000
- Citations 000
- Index 000.
- Notes:
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- "An authorized biography of Maxine Atkins Smith."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-283) and index.
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Speck, Bruce W
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- Lessons learned in Memphis's civil rights classroom
- An unauthorized biography of Maxine Atkins Smith
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