White girl : a story of school desegregation / / by Clara Silverstein.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Silverstein, Clara, 1960-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: x, 149 p., [6] p. of plates :; ill.

Table of Contents

A school bus, a mother's tears -- Joined hands -- My father's last moments -- Ann and Lee, Mom and Dad -- Packing it in -- You talk like a Yankee -- Tomboys -- Freedom of choice - yes! busing - never! -- "Model" schools -- Interim integration -- Busing hits home -- Manners -- Jim Crow's legacy -- Liberal teacher, Southern lady -- The buses roll -- No one wants you here -- Black is beautiful -- Self-segregation -- Separate soundtracks -- In the classrooms -- My flag, my shame -- Girl talk -- Ebony and ivory -- The white boys -- Filmstrip in the dark -- The fox-trot, the cha-cha -- Invisible -- Voice of loneliness -- The liberals -- Legacy of defeat -- No yearbooks, no good-byes -- Singing "Dixie" -- The open high school -- I surrender! -- Belonging and not belonging -- Driving lessons -- Preppie envy -- A shell tossed into the ocean -- The education mom -- Racial differences still evident -- Was this a good school? -- My father's words -- I am Lee's daughter -- Splinters of glass.