A Class of Their Own : : Black Teachers in the Segregated South / / Adam Fairclough.
In this major undertaking, civil rights historian Adam Fairclough chronicles the odyssey of black teachers in the South from emancipation in 1865 to integration one hundred years later. A Class of Their Own is indispensable for understanding how blacks and whites interacted after the abolition of sl...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2007 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Prologue. The Odyssey of Black Teachers -- One. Freedom's First Generation -- Two. Black Teachers for Black Children -- Three. Missionaries to the Dark South -- Four. White Supremacy and Black Teachers -- Five. The Founders -- Six. The Faith of Women -- Seven. The City and the Country -- Eight. Teachers Organize -- Nine. Black Teachers and the Civil Rights Movement -- Ten. Integration: Loss and Profit -- Notes. Acknowledgments. Index -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | In this major undertaking, civil rights historian Adam Fairclough chronicles the odyssey of black teachers in the South from emancipation in 1865 to integration one hundred years later. A Class of Their Own is indispensable for understanding how blacks and whites interacted after the abolition of slavery, and how black communities coped with the challenges of freedom and oppression. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674036666 9783110442205 9783110459517 9783110662566 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674036666 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Adam Fairclough. |