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03612aam a2200601 i 4500 001 B0CFEB2C214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230713010558 008 130730s2014 laua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2013014273 020 $a 0807152722 020 $a 9780807152720 020 $a 0807152714 020 $a 9780807152713 035 $a (OCoLC)841891411 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d YDXCP $d TWC $d OCLCF $d IAD $d CDX $d OCLCQ $d LMJ $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a LB2353.5 $b .W54 2013 082 00 $a 378.1/664 $2 23 100 1 $a Wheeler, Jan Bates. 245 12 $a A campaign of quiet persuasion : $b how the College Board desegregated SAT® test centers in the deep South, 1960-1965 / $c Jan Bates Wheeler ; foreword by David Coleman President, College Board. 264 1 $a Baton Rouge : $b Louisiana State University Press, $c [2013] 300 $a xiv, 244 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 23 cm. 490 1 $a Making the modern South 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index. 505 0 $a A precedent: desegregating the law school admissions test centers, 1960-1962 -- The way things were, 1959-1961 -- The Cameron plan is implemented and the Special committee is established, 1961-1962 -- Establishing test centers at military bases, 1962-1963 -- The march through Georgia and a setback in Mississippi, 1963-1964 -- The campaign ends, 1964-1967. 520 $a "In 1960, the College Entrance Examination Board became an unexpected participant in the movement to desegregate education in the South. Working with its partner, Educational Testing Services, the College Board quietly integrated its Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) centers throughout the Deep South. Traveling from state to state, taking one school district and even one school at a time, two College Board staff members, both native Southerners, waged a campaign of 'quiet persuasion' and succeeded, establishing a roster of desegregated test centers within segregated school districts while the historic battle for civil rights raged around them"--Amazon.com. 610 20 $a College Entrance Examination Board $x History. 610 27 $a College Entrance Examination Board. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00528914 650 0 $a SAT (Educational test) $x History. 650 0 $a Law School Admission Test $x History. 650 0 $a Discrimination in education $z Southern States $x History. 650 0 $a Segregation in education $z Southern States $x History. 650 0 $a Education $z Southern States $x History. 650 6 $a SAT (Test en eÌducation) $x Histoire. 650 6 $a Law School Admission Test $x Histoire. 650 6 $a Discrimination en eÌducation $z EÌtats-Unis (Sud) $x Histoire. 650 6 $a SeÌgreÌgation en eÌducation $z EÌtats-Unis (Sud) $x Histoire. 650 6 $a EÌducation $z EÌtats-Unis (Sud) $x Histoire. 650 7 $a Discrimination in education. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00895037 650 7 $a Education. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00902499 650 7 $a Law School Admission Test. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00993888 650 7 $a SAT (Educational test) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01732814 650 7 $a Segregation in education. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01111221 651 7 $a Southern States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244550 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 830 0 $a Making the modern South. 856 42 $3 Book review (H-Net) $u http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=41853 941 $a 1 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091507.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B0CFEB2C214711EEBC7340321FECA4DB 994 $a 92 $b IOHInitiate Another SILO Locator Search