High School Students Unite!
Teen Activism, Education Reform, and FBI Surveillance in Postwar America
$269.19
- Hardcover
400 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2025
Summary
Mid-twentieth-century student activism is a pivotal chapter in American history. While college activism has been well documented, the equally vital contributions of high school students have often been overlooked. Only recently have scholars begun to recognize the transformative role teenagers played in reshaping American education.
High School Students Unite! highlights the crucial impact of high school activists in the 1960s and 1970s. Inspired by civil rights and antiwar m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781469691817 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1469691817 |
| Author: | Aaron G. Fountain Jr. |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Imprint: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2025 |
| Dimensions: | 235mm x 25mm x 155mm |
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“By centering the political engagement of high school students, this book provides fresh insight into social movements and educational reform, making a vital contribution to the study of activism in times of upheaval and change.”–Gregg L. Michel, is author of Spying on Students: The FBI, Red Squads, and Student Activists in the 1960s South
“This groundbreaking book uncovers the teenage-led high school movement as a vital force in US education reform. Drawing on rich archival sources, it highlights how students’ activism around civil rights, desegregation, antiwar protests, and community struggles reshaped schools–and how their efforts reverberated through broader histories of youth, race, and surveillance.”–Carl Suddler, author of Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York
About The Author
Aaron G. Fountain Jr.
Aaron G. Fountain Jr. is an independent scholar.
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