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Democracy and Schooling in CaliforniaHow to Teach the California Child

Democracy and Schooling in California: How to Teach the California Child [Despite continuing tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, the late 1950s saw a shift away from the repressive climate of the depths of the Cold War. As the Red Scare receded and the civil rights movement gained momentum, an alternative social narrative of what democracy could mean in the United States began to emerge. After the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, both black freedom struggles and white southern racist resistance reached American living rooms through the new medium of television. Images such as those of angry white mobs blocking the entry of nine black teenagers into a previously all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, shocked many white Americans. The more liberal climate began to affect electoral politics. In 1958, California Democrat Pat Brown defeated the conservative Republican William Knowland in the race for governor; in that election Democrats captured both houses of the legislature and all state executive offices except for secretary of state, marking the end of a century of Republican dominance. And in 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States in a narrow victory over Richard Nixon.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Copyright
© Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2011
ISBN
978-1-349-34126-9
Pages
179 –199
DOI
10.1057/9781137015914_10
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[Despite continuing tension between the United States and the Soviet Union, the late 1950s saw a shift away from the repressive climate of the depths of the Cold War. As the Red Scare receded and the civil rights movement gained momentum, an alternative social narrative of what democracy could mean in the United States began to emerge. After the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, both black freedom struggles and white southern racist resistance reached American living rooms through the new medium of television. Images such as those of angry white mobs blocking the entry of nine black teenagers into a previously all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, shocked many white Americans. The more liberal climate began to affect electoral politics. In 1958, California Democrat Pat Brown defeated the conservative Republican William Knowland in the race for governor; in that election Democrats captured both houses of the legislature and all state executive offices except for secretary of state, marking the end of a century of Republican dominance. And in 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States in a narrow victory over Richard Nixon.]

Published: Nov 19, 2015

Keywords: Progressive Education; Grade Teacher; Teacher Guide; Woman Educator; State Superintendent

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