Date of Award
8-31-2011
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Liberal Studies (MALS)
Department
Liberal Studies
First Advisor
Thomas Lewis
Second Advisor
Roger Panetta
Abstract
Although their repercussions continue to be felt today, knowledge of efforts taken during the Civil Rights movement of the nineteen sixties to desegregate public elementary schools in the Village of Hempstead, New York is absent from the community's historical narrative. This project, which is framed by two specific memories from my years attending Hempstead Public Schools, places these efforts within the historiographical context of the long fight against racially segregated education in the North and explores their long-term impact on Hempstead's educational system and the entire community. The project also considers reasons this history has been forgotten and asserts the importance of remembering this history as a means of creating a bridge between past, present and future.
Recommended Citation
Clarke, Carol L., "Winning the Battle, Losing the War: The Forgotten But Enduring Legacy of School Integration Efforts on Hempstead, New York" (2011). MALS Final Projects, 1995-2019. 86.
https://creativematter.skidmore.edu/mals_stu_schol/86