White is a state of mind

a memoir

337 pages

English language

Published Jan. 2, 1999 by Putnam.

ISBN:
978-0-399-14464-6
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OCLC Number:
98040768

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After reading Melba Patillo's memoir of the integration of Little Rock's Central High School, I wanted to know more details about what happened next.  Instead of letting the black teenagers have a second year in Central High, the governor closed the high schools.  This lead to increasing anger towards the families that were involved in the integration from both white and black families.  Melba finally had to flee the state when a bounty was placed on her by Klan members.Let's talk about how she found out about this.  Her mother had a cousin who was passing as white.  That wasn't that unusual at the time.  In fact, she had several relatives passing.  But this man was not only married to an unsuspecting white woman and had kids who thought they were all white, he was the sheriff of a small southern town and the head of the …

Subjects

  • Beals, Melba
  • Central High School (Little Rock, Ark.) -- History
  • School integration -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- History -- 20th century
  • African American students -- Arkansas -- Little Rock -- Biography