With All Deliberate Speed - School Desegregation in Newberry: A Story of Protest and Resistance

by Joe McDonald

This book is a history of the school desegregation battle in Newberry, SC, which resulted in a student boycott of classes at Gallman High School, the only black high school in the county, in the fall of 1969. Starting with the Plessy v. Ferguson Supreme Court case in 1896, the book traces the growing protest movement against Jim Crow and the political-economic conditions that made protest possible. The author uses newspaper research and interviews...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CFGJR4H5
• ISBN13: 9798350915068
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Bookbaby
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.6" x 8.5"