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The Lost Education of Horace Tate

Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools

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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018"An important contribution to our understanding of how ordinary people found the strength to fight for equality for schoolchildren and their teachers."— Wall Street JournalIn the epic tradition of Eyes on the Prize and with the cultural significance of John Lewis's March trilogy, an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled ... Read more

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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018"An important contribution to our understanding of how ordinary people found the strength to fight for equality for schoolchildren and their teachers."— Wall Street JournalIn the epic tradition of Eyes on the Prize and with the cultural significance of John Lewis's March trilogy, an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled
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The Lost Education of Horace Tate

Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools

by Vanessa Siddle Walker ...

**A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018“An important contribution to our understanding of how ordinary people found the strength to fight for equality for schoolchildren and their teachers.”—Wall Street JournalIn the epic tradition of Eyes on the Prize and with the cultural significance of John Lewis's March trilogy, an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled ... Read more

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**A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018“An important contribution to our understanding of how ordinary people found the strength to fight for equality for schoolchildren and their teachers.”—Wall Street JournalIn the epic tradition of Eyes on the Prize and with the cultural significance of John Lewis's March trilogy, an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled
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Hello Professor

A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South

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Like many black school principals, Ulysses Byas, who served the Gainesville, Georgia, school system in the 1950s and 1960s, was reverently addressed by community members as “Professor.” He kept copious notes and records throughout his career, documenting efforts to improve the education of blacks. Through conversations with Byas and access to his extensive archives on his principalship, Vanessa ... Read more

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Like many black school principals, Ulysses Byas, who served the Gainesville, Georgia, school system in the 1950s and 1960s, was reverently addressed by community members as “Professor.” He kept copious notes and records throughout his career, documenting efforts to improve the education of blacks. Through conversations with Byas and access to his extensive archives on his principalship, Vanessa
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Their Highest Potential

An African American School Community in the Segregated South

by Vanessa Siddle Walker ...

African American schools in the segregated South faced enormous obstacles in educating their students. But some of these schools succeeded in providing nurturing educational environments in spite of the injustices of segregation. Vanessa Siddle Walker tells the story of one such school in rural North Carolina, the Caswell County Training School, which operated from 1934 to 1969. She focuses ... Read more

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African American schools in the segregated South faced enormous obstacles in educating their students. But some of these schools succeeded in providing nurturing educational environments in spite of the injustices of segregation. Vanessa Siddle Walker tells the story of one such school in rural North Carolina, the Caswell County Training School, which operated from 1934 to 1969. She focuses
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Living the Legacy of African American Education

A Model for University and School Engagement

Edited by Sheryl J. Croft, Tiffany D. Pogue, Dr. Vanessa Siddle Walker ...

Series series Critical Black Pedagogy in Education
Modeled after a little known historical model and based on the research of Vanessa Siddle Walker, Living the Legacy of African American Education: A Model for University and School, describes a sustainable and authentic partnership between a university and its K-12 partners. Designed for school, district leaders, and college instructors this practical guide provides a narrative of how a group of ... Read more

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Modeled after a little known historical model and based on the research of Vanessa Siddle Walker, Living the Legacy of African American Education: A Model for University and School, describes a sustainable and authentic partnership between a university and its K-12 partners. Designed for school, district leaders, and college instructors this practical guide provides a narrative of how a group of
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The Black Cabinet

The Untold Story of African Americans and Politics During the Age of Roosevelt

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An in-depth history exploring the evolution, impact, and ultimate demise of what was known in the 1930s and '40s as FDR's Black Cabinet.In 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidency with the help of key African American defectors from the Republican Party. At the time, most African Americans lived in poverty, denied citizenship rights and terrorized by ... Read more

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An in-depth history exploring the evolution, impact, and ultimate demise of what was known in the 1930s and '40s as FDR's Black Cabinet.In 1932 in the midst of the Great Depression, Franklin Delano Roosevelt won the presidency with the help of key African American defectors from the Republican Party. At the time, most African Americans lived in poverty, denied citizenship rights and terrorized by
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Chocolate City

A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital

by Chris Myers Asch, George Derek Musgrove ...

Monumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation’s capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tensions between America’s expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war ... Read more

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Monumental in scope and vividly detailed, Chocolate City tells the tumultuous, four-century story of race and democracy in our nation’s capital. Emblematic of the ongoing tensions between America’s expansive democratic promises and its enduring racial realities, Washington often has served as a national battleground for contentious issues, including slavery, segregation, civil rights, the drug war
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I've Got the Light of Freedom

The Organizing Tradition and the Mississippi Freedom Struggle, With a New Preface

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This momentous work offers a groundbreaking history of the early civil rights movement in the South with new material that situates the book in the context of subsequent movement literature. ... Read more

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This momentous work offers a groundbreaking history of the early civil rights movement in the South with new material that situates the book in the context of subsequent movement literature.
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Open Wide The Freedom Gates

A Memoir

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Dorothy Height marched at civil rights rallies, sat through tense White House meetings, and witnessed every major victory in the struggle for racial equality. Yet as the sole woman among powerful, charismatic men, someone whose personal ambition was secondary to her passion for her cause, she has received little mainstream recognition -- until now. In her memoir, Dr. Height, now ninety-one, ... Read more

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Dorothy Height marched at civil rights rallies, sat through tense White House meetings, and witnessed every major victory in the struggle for racial equality. Yet as the sole woman among powerful, charismatic men, someone whose personal ambition was secondary to her passion for her cause, she has received little mainstream recognition -- until now. In her memoir, Dr. Height, now ninety-one,
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Mary McLeod Bethune in Florida

Bringing Social Justice to the Sunshine State

by Ashley N. Robertson ...

A vibrant biography of the woman who shaped the political climate of Daytona Beach with her civil rights, women's rights, and education activism.Mary McLeod Bethune was often called the "First Lady of Negro America," but she made significant contributions to the political climate of Florida as well. From the founding of the Daytona Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls in 1904, ... Read more

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A vibrant biography of the woman who shaped the political climate of Daytona Beach with her civil rights, women's rights, and education activism.Mary McLeod Bethune was often called the "First Lady of Negro America," but she made significant contributions to the political climate of Florida as well. From the founding of the Daytona Literary and Industrial School for Training Negro Girls in 1904,
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Turn Away Thy Son

Little Rock, the Crisis That Shocked the Nation

by Elizabeth Jacoway ...

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An eye-opening, meticulously researched work by a Little Rock native that reveals the story behind the headlines of the famous, school desegregation crisis through thirty years worth of research and interviews.In September 1957, the nation was transfixed by nine Black students attempting to integrate Central High School in Little Rock in the wake of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education ... Read more

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An eye-opening, meticulously researched work by a Little Rock native that reveals the story behind the headlines of the famous, school desegregation crisis through thirty years worth of research and interviews.In September 1957, the nation was transfixed by nine Black students attempting to integrate Central High School in Little Rock in the wake of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education
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Bloody Lowndes

Civil Rights and Black Power in Alabama's Black Belt

by Hasan Kwame Jeffries ...

Bloody Lowndes is the true story of the people of rural Lowndes County, Alabama, who organized a radical experiment in democratic politics in 1966.Winner of the 2010 Clinton Jackson Coley Award for the Best Book on local history from the Alabama Historical AssociationEarly in 1966, African Americans in Lowndes County, Alabama, aided by activists from the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee ... Read more

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Bloody Lowndes is the true story of the people of rural Lowndes County, Alabama, who organized a radical experiment in democratic politics in 1966.Winner of the 2010 Clinton Jackson Coley Award for the Best Book on local history from the Alabama Historical AssociationEarly in 1966, African Americans in Lowndes County, Alabama, aided by activists from the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
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