Class of Their Own Black Teachers in the Segregated South

Name: Class of Their Own Black Teachers in the Segregated South
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ISBN: 9780674023079

ISBN-10: 0674023072

ISBN-13: 9780674023079

Edition: 2007

Authors: Adam Fairclough

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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. No book until now has provided us with the full story of what African American teachers tried, achieved, and failed to do in educating the Southern black population over this critical century. This magisterial narrative offers a bold new vision of black teachers, built from the stories of real men and women, from teachers in one-room shacks to professors in red brick universities. Fairclough explores how teachers inspired and motivated generations of children, instilling values and knowledge that…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 2/16/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 552
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.49" long x 1.63" tall
Weight: 1.980
Language: English

Adam Fairclough is Professor of American History at the University of East Anglia.



Abbreviations


Prologue: The Odyssey of Black Teachers



Freedom's First Generation



Black Teachers for Black Children



Missionaries to the Dark South



White Supremacy and Black Teachers



The Founders



The Faith of Women



The City and the Country



Teachers Organize



Black Teachers and the Civil Rights Movement



Integration: Loss and Profit


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index