Ruth Carbonette Yow
Biographic Data
| ID | 6102638 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth Carbonette Yow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth Carbonette |
| FAMILY NAME | Yow |
| SIGNATURE | YOW R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Oxford University Press (United Kingdom) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Students of the Dream
Marietta High, once a flagship public school northwest of Atlanta, has become a symbol of the resegregation that is sweeping across the American South. Ruth Carbonette Yow argues for a revitalized commitment to integration, but one that challenges many orthodoxies of the civil rights struggle, including colorblindness.
Shadowed Places and Stadium Lights
This oral history of school desegregation in Marietta, Georgia, focuses on football culture as a stage for racial reconciliation and rupture. The state championship that Marietta High’s first integrated team won in 1967 functions as the foundational event in Marietta's narrative of racial harmony. This discussion explores how that racial harmony narrative obscured black student activism, particularly the homecoming protests of 1969. The oral hist…
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Shadowed Places and Stadium Lights
This oral history of school desegregation in Marietta, Georgia, focuses on football culture as a stage for racial reconciliation and rupture. The state championship that Marietta High’s first integrated team won in 1967 functions as the foundational event in Marietta's narrative of racial harmony. This discussion explores how that racial harmony narrative obscured black student activism, particularly the homecoming protests of 1969. The oral hist…
Students of the Dream
Marietta High, once a flagship public school northwest of Atlanta, has become a symbol of the resegregation that is sweeping across the American South. Ruth Carbonette Yow argues for a revitalized commitment to integration, but one that challenges many orthodoxies of the civil rights struggle, including colorblindness.
Race, History, and American Society (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Art (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Critical Race Theory in Education (1 work) · Desegregation (1 work) · Discrimination in education (1 work) · Dream (1 work) · Gender Studies (1 work)