A campaign of quiet persuasion : how the College Board desegregated SAT® test centers in the deep South, 1960-1965 / Jan Bates Wheeler ; foreword by David Coleman President, College Board.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
"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.
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