{"product_id":"something-must-be-done-about-prince-edward-county-a-family-a-virginia-town-a-civil-rights-battle-9780062268686","title":"Something Must Be Done about Prince Edward County: A Family, a Virginia Town, a Civil Rights Battle","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristen Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/26\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.6lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062268686","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44383849382025,"sku":"9780062268686","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_7212a748-476d-4c3c-98fc-a155f37f37e1.jpg?v=1752013371","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/something-must-be-done-about-prince-edward-county-a-family-a-virginia-town-a-civil-rights-battle-9780062268686","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}