When traditionally white public Schools in the South became sites of massive resistance in the wake of the Supreme Court\'s Brown v.
This history foreshadows contemporary complexities at the heart of the Black community\'s mixed feelings about charter schools, school choice, and education reform..
Through gripping oral histories and rich archival research, this book showcases educational changes for Black southerners during the civil rights movement including the political tensions confronted, struggles faced, and school cultures transformed during Private school desegregation.
Purdy combines social history with policy analysis in a dynamic narrative that expertly re-creates this overlooked history.
Focusing on the experiences of the first Black Students to desegregate Atlanta\'s well-known The Westminster Schools and national efforts to diversify Private schools, Michelle A.
Transforming the Elite tells this story.
The Black Students that attended these Schools courageously navigated institutional and interpersonal racism but ultimately emerged as upwardly mobile leaders.
But some historically white elite Private Schools opted to desegregate.
Board of Education decision, numerous white Students exited the public system altogether, with parents choosing homeschooling or Private segregationist academies.
When traditionally white public Schools in the South became sites of massive resistance in the wake of the Supreme Court\'s Brown v
