"The Southern Case for School Segregation" by James Jackson Kilpatrick is a defense of racial segregation in the South during the early 1960s. It argues for the preservation of the South’s racial segregation practices, especially in public schools, after the Supreme Court decision in "Brown v. Board of Education". The book explains the identity of white Southerners amidst racial divides and norms, starting with the difficulty of backing Southern views on race amid the accusations and misunderstandings from the North. The essay dives into the author’s personal connection as a Virginian and details the historical and cultural backgrounds that shape the South's views on race and segregation. The author explores the legal and social changes caused by desegregation and how those changes impact the psychology of the South, introducing the themes of historical heritage, social interactions, and the complexities of white Southern views toward integration and segregation.
The Southern Case for School Segregation
By James Jackson Kilpatrick
Against a backdrop of changing times, a portrait of the Old South emerges, grappling with its identity and traditions in the face of a nation demanding integration.
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About the AuthorJames Jackson Kilpatrick was an American newspaper journalist, columnist, author, writer and grammarian. During the 1950s and early 1960s he was editor of The Richmond News Leader in Richmond, Virginia and encouraged the Massive Resistance strategy to oppose the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in the Brown v. Board of Education ruling which outlawed racial segregation in public schools. For three decades beginning in the mid-1960s, Kilpatrick wrote a nationally syndicated column "A Conservative View", and sparred for years with liberals Nicholas von Hoffman and later Shana Alexander on the television news program 60 Minutes.
James Jackson Kilpatrick was an American newspaper journalist, columnist, author, writer and grammarian. During the 1950s and early 1960s he was editor of The Richmond News Leader in Richmond, Virginia and encouraged the Massive Resistance strategy to oppose the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions in the Brown v. Board of Education ruling which outlawed racial segregation in public schools. For three decades beginning in the mid-1960s, Kilpatrick wrote a nationally syndicated column "A Conservative View", and sparred for years with liberals Nicholas von Hoffman and later Shana Alexander on the television news program 60 Minutes.
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