Fifty years of segregation : Black higher education in Kentucky, 1904-1954 /

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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 bla...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hardin, John A., 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©1997.
Temas:
Segregation in higher education > Kentucky > History.
African American universities and colleges > Kentucky > History.
Ségrégation dans l'enseignement supérieur > Kentucky > Histoire.
Universités noires américaines > Kentucky > Histoire.
EDUCATION > Higher.
African American universities and colleges
Segregation in higher education
Kentucky
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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 Americans everywhere who fought overseas during World War II, Kentucky's blacks were increasingly dissatisfied with their second-class educational opportunities. In 1948, they financed litigation to end segre.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (182 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-173) and index.
ISBN:9780813158976
0813158974

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