The making of a Black scholar : from Georgia to the Ivy League /

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This captivating and illuminating book is a memoir of a young black man moving from rural Georgia to life as a student and teacher in the Ivy League as well as a history of the changes in American education that developed in response to the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and affirmative...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Porter, Horace A., 1950-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2003.
Colección:Singular lives.
Temas:
Porter, Horace A., > 1950-
Porter, Horace A., > 1950- > Childhood and youth.
1900 - 1999
African Americans > Biography.
African American scholars > Biography.
African American college students > Biography.
African Americans > Education (Higher) > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Noirs américains > Biographies.
Savants noirs américains > Biographies.
Étudiants noirs américains > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
short stories.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Cultural Heritage.
Childhood and youth of a person
African American college students
African American scholars
African Americans
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Education (Higher)
Columbus (Ga.) > Biography.
Georgia > Columbus
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This captivating and illuminating book is a memoir of a young black man moving from rural Georgia to life as a student and teacher in the Ivy League as well as a history of the changes in American education that developed in response to the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam, and affirmative action. Born in 1950, Horace Porter starts out in rural Georgia in a house that has neither electricity nor running water. In 1968, he leaves his home in Columbus, Georgia - thanks to an academic scholarship to Amherst College - and lands in an upper-class, mainly white world.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (157 pages).
ISBN:1587294370
9781587294372

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