White Girl: A Story of School Desegregation
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- Synopsis
- One woman&’s memoir of coming of age while being bused to largely black schools after a Virginia legal battle forced integration in the 1970s. This poignant account recalls firsthand the upheaval surrounding court-ordered busing in the early 1970s to achieve school integration. As a white student sent to predominantly black schools in Richmond, Virginia, Clara Silverstein tells a story that pulls us into the forefront of this great social experiment. At school, she dealt daily with the unintended, unforeseen consequences of busing as she also negotiated the typical passions and concerns of young adulthood—all with little direction from her elders, who seemed just as bewildered by the changes around them. Inspired by her parents&’ ideals, Silverstein remained in the public schools despite the emotional stakes. Her achingly honest story, woven with historical details, confronts us with powerful questions about race and the use of our schools to engineer social change. &“At once a vivid description of a controversial social experiment, an intimate chronicle of a girl&’s turbulent journey through adolescence, and a loving tribute to a visionary father who died too young.&”—James S. Hirsch, author of Two Souls Indivisible &“In White Girl, Clara Silverstein has written an honest, balanced, and deeply personal memoir. With lively prose she describes what it felt like to be perceived as &“the enemy&” and explains all the inherent contradictions in her own coming of age.&”—Robert Pratt, author of We Shall Not Be Moved: The Desegregation of the University of Georgia &“It&’s easy to feel Silverstein&’s anguish, but her message is that positive social change is possible.&”—Library Journal
- Copyright:
- 2004
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 168 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780820345888
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780820345093
- Publisher:
- University of Georgia Press
- Date of Addition:
- 09/15/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Clara Silverstein
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.