{"product_id":"something-must-be-done-about-prince-edward-county-a-family-a-virginia-town-a-civil-rights-battle-paperback","title":"Something Must Be Done about Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKristen Green\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/em\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCombining hard-hitting investigative journalism and a sweeping family narrative, this provocative true story reveals a little-known chapter of American history: the period after the \u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/em\u003e decision when one Virginia school system refused to integrate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the Supreme Court's unanimous \u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/em\u003e decision, Virginia's Prince Edward County refused to obey the law. Rather than desegregate, the county closed its public schools, locking and chaining the doors. The community's white leaders quickly established a private academy, commandeering supplies from the shuttered public schools to use in their all-white classrooms. Meanwhile, black parents had few options: keep their kids at home, move across county lines, or send them to live with relatives in other states. For five years, the schools remained closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristen Green, a longtime newspaper reporter, grew up in Farmville and attended Prince Edward Academy, which did not admit black students until 1986. In her journey to uncover what happened in her hometown before she was born, Green tells the stories of families divided by the school closures and of 1,700 black children denied an education. As she peels back the layers of this haunting period in our nation's past, her own family's role--no less complex and painful--comes to light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt once gripping, enlightening, and deeply moving, \u003cem\u003eSomething Must Be Done About Prince Edward County \u003c\/em\u003eis a dramatic chronicle that explores our troubled racial past and its reverberations today, and a timeless story about compassion, forgiveness, and the meaning of home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Green's] thoughtful book is a gift to a new generation of readers who need to know this story.\"--\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the Supreme Court's unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision, Virginia's Prince Edward County refused to obey the law. Rather than desegregate, the county closed its public schools, locking and chaining the doors. The community's white leaders quickly established a private academy, commandeering supplies from the shuttered public schools to use in their all-white classrooms. Meanwhile, black parents had few options: keep their kids at home, move across county lines, or send them to live with relatives in other states. For five years, the schools remained closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristen Green, a longtime newspaper reporter, grew up in Farmville and attended Prince Edward Academy, which didn't admit black students until 1986. In her journey to uncover what happened in her hometown before she was born, Green tells the stories of families divided by the school closures and the 1,700 black children denied an education. As she peels back the layers of this haunting period in our nation's past, her own family's role--no less complex and painful--comes to light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Intimate and candid.\"--\u003cem\u003eRichmond Times-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Not easily forgotten.\"--\u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Green's] thoughtful book is a gift to a new generation of readers who need to know this story.\"--\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the wake of the Supreme Court's unanimous Brown v. Board of Education decision, Virginia's Prince Edward County refused to obey the law. Rather than desegregate, the county closed its public schools, locking and chaining the doors. The community's white leaders quickly established a private academy, commandeering supplies from the shuttered public schools to use in their all-white classrooms. Meanwhile, black parents had few options: keep their kids at home, move across county lines, or send them to live with relatives in other states. For five years, the schools remained closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKristen Green, a longtime newspaper reporter, grew up in Farmville and attended Prince Edward Academy, which didn't admit black students until 1986. In her journey to uncover what happened in her hometown before she was born, Green tells the stories of families divided by the school closures and the 1,700 black children denied an education. 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