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A Black Educator in the Segregated South : Kentucky's Rufus B. Atwood

Black college presidents in the era of segregation walked a tightrope. They were expected to educate black youth without sufficient state and federal funding. Yet in the African American community they were supposed to represent power and influence and to be outspoken advocates of civil rights, desp...

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Autor principal: Smith, Gerald L., 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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505 0 |a Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Homeplace; 2. Goodbye, Skullbuster -- 3. The New Administration; 4. Walking a Tightrope; 5. Beyond the Campus; 6. Difficult Days; 7. School Desegregation; 8. Spring 1960; 9. Measuring the Years; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. 
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