Struggling to Learn: An Intimate History of School Desegregation in South Carolina

by June M Thomas

Book Overview

A poignant personal narrative about the history of Black education in South Carolina

The battle for equality in education during the civil rights era came at a cost to Black Americans on the frontlines. In 1964 when fourteen-year-old June Manning Thomas walked into Orangeburg High School as one of thirteen Black students selected to integrate the all-White school, her classmates mocked, shunned, and yelled racial epithets at her. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643365258
• ISBN13: 9781643365251
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"