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  • The Pursuit of Excellence

    Kentucky State University, 1886-2020

    Series series Contemporary Perspectives in Race and Ethnic Relations
    The Pursuit of Excellence: Kentucky State University, 1886-2020 is a compelling examination of the most diverse public institution of higher education in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Starting with Kentucky State University’s establishment in 1886 to train black school teachers, the book explored how the University met and successfully overcame challenges. Although created in an era of racial ... Leer más

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  • Fifty Years of Segregation

    Black Higher Education in Kentucky, 1904-1954

    Kentucky was the last state in the South to introduce racially segregated schools and one of the first to break down racial barriers in higher education. The passage of the infamous Day Law in 1904 forced Berea College to exclude 174 students because of their race. Throughout the 1930s and 1940s black faculty remained unable to attend in-state graduate and professional schools. Like black ... Leer más

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  • The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia

    The story of African Americans in Kentucky is as diverse and vibrant as the state's general history. The work of more than 150 writers, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an essential guide to the black experience in the Commonwealth.The encyclopedia includes biographical sketches of politicians and community leaders as well as pioneers in art, science, and industry. Kentucky's impact ... Leer más

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  • On the Road to Freedom

    A Guided Tour of the Civil Rights Trail

    This in-depth look at the civil rights movement goes to the places where pioneers of the movement marched, sat-in at lunch counters, gathered in churches; where they spoke, taught, and organized; where they were arrested, where they lost their lives, and where they triumphed.Award-winning journalist Charles E. Cobb Jr., a former organizer and field secretary for SNCC (Student Nonviolent ... Leer más

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  • South Carolina in the Modern Age

    A nuanced view of the Palmetto State in the twentieth century as written by the state's leading historianOriginally published in 1992, South Carolina in the Modern Age was the first history of contemporary South Carolina to appear in more than a quarter century and helped establish the reputation of the Palmetto State's premier historian, Walter Edgar, who had not yet begun the two landmark ... Leer más

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  • Mississippi Black History Makers

    This new edition of biographical sketches of notable blacks from Mississippi expands the edition published in 1977. A total of 166 figures are included in this new printing, all of them persons who have, by the authors' comprehensive survey, "made significant contributions in bringing about the uplift of the black race."Black history makers are defined herein as those who have achieved national ... Leer más

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  • Freedom on the Border

    An Oral History of the Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky

    Series series Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series
    Memories fade, witnesses pass away, and the stories of how social change took place are often lost. Many of those stories, however, have been preserved thanks to the dozens of civil rights activists across Kentucky who shared their memories in the wide-ranging oral history project from which this volume arose. Through their collective memories and the efforts of a new generation of historians, the ... Leer más

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  • Greater Freedom

    The Evolution of the Civil Rights Struggle in Wilson, North Carolina

    Greater Freedom offers a groundbreaking long-term community study of Wilson County, North Carolina. Charting the evolution of Wilson's civil rights movement, Charles McKinney argues that African Americans in Wilson created an expansive notion of freedom that influenced every aspect of life in the region and directly confronted the state's reputation for moderation. Through exhaustive research and ... Leer más

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  • The Handy African American History Answer Book

    Series series The Handy Answer Book Series
    Celebrating the impact of African Americans on U.S. society, culture, and history! Traces African American history through four centuries of profound changes and amazing accomplishments.Walking readers through a rich but often overlooked part of American history, The Handy African American History Answer Book addresses the people, times, and events that influenced and changed African American ... Leer más

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  • The Sumner Story

    Capturing Our History Preserving Our Legacy

    For the first three quarters of the twentieth century, in the heart of our nation, there thrived a safe haven which nurtured great aspirations of thousands of African American youth and their families. “The Sumner Story” highlights the history of a segregated high school which became recognized for the stellar academic performance of its students. Highly qualified faculty who believed in the ... Leer más

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  • A Little Taste of Freedom

    The Black Freedom Struggle in Claiborne County, Mississippi

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    Series series The John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture
    In this long-term community study of the freedom movement in rural, majority-black Claiborne County, Mississippi, Emilye Crosby explores the impact of the African American freedom struggle on small communities in general and questions common assumptions that are based on the national movement. The legal successes at the national level in the mid 1960s did not end the movement, Crosby contends, but ... Leer más

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  • To Drink from the Well

    The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Nation’s Oldest Public University

    Law professor and civil rights activist Geeta N. Kapur provides analysis and commentary on the story of systemic racism in leadership, scholarship, and organizational foundations at the University of North Carolina.The University of North Carolina is the oldest public university in the US, with the cornerstone for the first dormitory, Old East, laid in 1793. At that ceremony, the enslaved people ... Leer más

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