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The Black Struggle for Public Schooling in Nineteenth-Century Illinois.
In the pre-Civil War and Civil War periods the Illinois black code deprived blacks of suffrage and court rights, and the Illinois Free Schools Act kept most black children out of public schooling. But, as McCaul documents, they did not sit idly by. They applied the concepts of "bargaining power...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Southern Illinois University Press
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In the pre-Civil War and Civil War periods the Illinois black code deprived blacks of suffrage and court rights, and the Illinois Free Schools Act kept most black children out of public schooling. But, as McCaul documents, they did not sit idly by. They applied the concepts of "bargaining power" (rewarding, punishing, and dialectical) and the American ideal of "community" to participate in winning two major victories during this era. By the use of dialectical power, exerted mainly via John Jones' tract, The Black Laws of Illinois, they helped sec. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (209 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1282139029 9781282139022 9780809380534 0809380536 0809313359 9780809313358 |