Record #:

2590

Author(s):

Cecelski, David

Abstract:

Many ordinary people led civil rights protests. In 1968-69, when school desegregation in Hyde County threatened the loss of two Afro-American schools, a one-year student boycott saved the schools.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 35 Issue 1, Fall 1995, p32-35, il

Subject(s):

School integration--Hyde County; Civil rights demonstrations--Hyde County; Hyde County--Race relations