A forgotten sisterhood : pioneering Black women educators and activists in the Jim Crow South /

In the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century a small group of women overcame personal and professional hardships to gain national prominence as educational reformers and social activists. This book takes a biographical look at Lucy Craft Laney, Mary McLeod Bethune, Nannie Helen Burroughs...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: McCluskey, Audrey Thomas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
Temas:
1900-1999
Educators > United States > Biography.
African American women educators > Biography.
African American civil rights workers > Biography.
African Americans > Southern States > Social conditions > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
Éducateurs > États-Unis > Biographies.
Éducatrices noires américaines > Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme noirs américains > Biographies.
Noirs américains > États-Unis (Sud) > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire.
EDUCATION > Essays.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
EDUCATION > Reference.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Educators.
African American civil rights workers
African American women educators
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Social conditions
Educators
Southern States
United States
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter One: The World They Inherited
  • Chapter Two: "Moving Like a Whirlwind"
  • Chapter Three: "The Best Secondary School in Georgia"
  • Chapter Four: "Ringing Up a School"
  • Chapter Five: "Show Some Daylight Between You"
  • Chapter Six: "Telling Some Mighty Truths"
  • Chapter Seven: "The Masses and the Classes"
  • Chapter Eight: Passing into History
  • Milestones and Legacies
  • Bibliography
  • Special Collections
  • Index
  • About the Author.

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