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100 1 a| Joyner, Jennifer D.,e| author.?| UNAUTHORIZED;

245 10 a| To seem rather than to be :b| Rocky Mount city schools and race, 1954-1970 /c| by Jennifer D. Joyner.;

264 0 c| 2006.;

300 a| 156 leaves :b| illustrations ;c| 28 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

502 b| M.A.c| East Carolina Universityd| 2006;

500 a| Presented to the faculty of the Department of History.;

500 a| Advisor: Henry C. Ferrell, Jr.;

520 3 a| The purpose of this thesis is to examine the process by which the Rocky Mount City School System desegregated its schools after the 1954 U. S. Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education ruling. After the 1954 ruling, North Carolina's public schools were slow to desegregate. While lawmakers devised plans, such as the Pearsall Plan, to show a cautious effort to desegregate, such plans did not facilitate change. Despite this fact, however, some lauded North Carolina as being progressive in its attempt to design a method to desegregate its schools. Rocky Mount, too, had a progressive reputation. In the early part of the twentieth century, citizens considered Rocky Mount to be forerunner of progress in the eastern part of the state because of its role as a transportation portal. This progress, however, did not apply to the willingness of its school system to comply with Brown or the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This thesis uses the Rocky Mount City School System school board minutes to prove that the Rocky Mount system was not unlike other school systems in the state. The system did not establish an official policy on desegregation until 1963, and it did not begin implementing a plan to fully desegregate its schools until 1969. Throughout the process of desegregating its schools, Rocky Mount administrators and school board members sought to prolong segregated schools by utilizing plans, such as the freedom of choice plan, that would evade change. When the school system did begin to make policy changes to abide by federal law, Rocky Mount citizens responded by establishing new private schools, thus returning to the use of an academy system similar to that which was used before the Civil War.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-156).;

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650 7 a| Segregation in education.2| fast0| (OCoLC)fst01111221;

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To seem rather than to be Rocky Mount city schools and race, 1954-1970 / by Jennifer D. Joyner.

Author/creator	Joyner, Jennifer D. author.
Other author	Ferrell, Henry C., Jr. (Henry Clifton), 1934-2020, degree supervisor.
Other author	East Carolina University. Department of History.
Format	Theses and dissertations
Production	2006.
Description	156 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm
Supplemental Content	Access via ScholarShip
Subjects	School integration--North Carolina. --Rocky Mount. --History. Segregation in education--North Carolina. --Rocky Mount. --History.

Summary	The purpose of this thesis is to examine the process by which the Rocky Mount City School System desegregated its schools after the 1954 U. S. Supreme Court Brown v. Board of Education ruling. After the 1954 ruling, North Carolina's public schools were slow to desegregate. While lawmakers devised plans, such as the Pearsall Plan, to show a cautious effort to desegregate, such plans did not facilitate change. Despite this fact, however, some lauded North Carolina as being progressive in its attempt to design a method to desegregate its schools. Rocky Mount, too, had a progressive reputation. In the early part of the twentieth century, citizens considered Rocky Mount to be forerunner of progress in the eastern part of the state because of its role as a transportation portal. This progress, however, did not apply to the willingness of its school system to comply with Brown or the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This thesis uses the Rocky Mount City School System school board minutes to prove that the Rocky Mount system was not unlike other school systems in the state. The system did not establish an official policy on desegregation until 1963, and it did not begin implementing a plan to fully desegregate its schools until 1969. Throughout the process of desegregating its schools, Rocky Mount administrators and school board members sought to prolong segregated schools by utilizing plans, such as the freedom of choice plan, that would evade change. When the school system did begin to make policy changes to abide by federal law, Rocky Mount citizens responded by establishing new private schools, thus returning to the use of an academy system similar to that which was used before the Civil War.
General note	Presented to the faculty of the Department of History.
General note	Advisor: Henry C. Ferrell, Jr.
Dissertation note	M.A. East Carolina University 2006
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-156).
Genre/form	Academic theses.
Genre/form	History.
Genre/form	Academic theses.
Genre/form	Thèses et écrits académiques.

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