Nacogdoches Integration, Then and Now: Nacogdoches before and after segregation

Nacogdoches Integration, Then and Now: Nacogdoches before and after segregation
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Stephen F. Austin State University Press
Country
United States
Published
31 December 2016
Pages
200
ISBN
9781622881048

Nacogdoches Integration, Then and Now: Nacogdoches before and after segregation

Thomas J. Rusk Elementary School, in Nacogdoches, Texas, houses a carved stone dedication plaque in its gymnasium’s entryway.It reads This gymnasium is dedicated to the White children of Nacogdoches. In those days, Nacogdoches was unapologetically segregated. It was a matter of not only custom but also of law.

In respect to segregation, Nacogdoches was little different than other communities in the Jim Crow South. Its location in Texas, however, helped to obscure this fact. While the US Supreme Courtended segregation in public schools on May 17, 1954, Nacogdoches schools were not forced to integrate until 1970.

This book is comprised of essays that paint a portrait of Nacogdoches both before and after integration. Readers will find a collection of essays written by scholars but also by people who have firsthandexperience in conflicts that arose in Nacogdoches after 1970. The essays focus upon both the objective, measurable dimensions of race in Nacogdoches, but also upon the actual lived experiences of AfricanAmericans in rural East Texas.

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