A Class of Their Own : Black Teachers in the Segregated South /
Fairclough, Adam
A Class of Their Own : Black Teachers in the Segregated South / Adam Fairclough. - 1 online resource
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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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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674023079 9780674036666
10.4159/9780674036666 doi
African American educators--History.--Southern States
African American teachers--History.--Southern States
African Americans--Education--History.--Southern States
Segregation in education--United States.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
371.1008996073
A Class of Their Own : Black Teachers in the Segregated South / Adam Fairclough. - 1 online resource
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674023079 9780674036666
10.4159/9780674036666 doi
African American educators--History.--Southern States
African American teachers--History.--Southern States
African Americans--Education--History.--Southern States
Segregation in education--United States.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
371.1008996073