Schooling Jim Crow : the fight for Atlanta's Booker T. Washington High School and the roots of Black protest politics /

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"This book describes how the early NAACP successfully organized a voting bloc in 1920s Atlanta powerful enough to force the city to build its first publicly funded Black high school"--Provided by publisher

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Driskell, Jay Winston, 1973-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2014.
Series:Carter G. Woodson Institute series.
Subjects:
Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Ga.) > History > 20th century.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People > History > 20th century.
Booker T. Washington High School (Atlanta, Ga.)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
1900-1999
African Americans > Education > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
African American schools > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
Segregation in education > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Segregation > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Georgia > Atlanta > Politics and government > 20th century.
Protest movements > Georgia > Atlanta > History > 20th century.
Education.
Social Sciences.
Education, Special Topics.
Noirs américains > Éducation > Géorgie (État) > Atlanta > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Écoles noires américaines > Géorgie (État) > Atlanta > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Ségrégation en éducation > Géorgie (État) > Atlanta > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Ségrégation > Géorgie (État) > Atlanta > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Droits > Géorgie (État) > Atlanta > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Noirs américains > Géorgie (État) > Atlanta > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siècle.
Contestation > Géorgie (État) > Atlanta > Histoire > 20e siècle.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
African American schools
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans > Education
African Americans > Politics and government
African Americans > Segregation
Protest movements
Race relations
Segregation in education
Atlanta (Ga.) > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Georgia > Atlanta
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Manhood rights" : progress and the politics of respectability, 1899-1906
  • "To humiliate the progressive Negro" : the Atlanta race riot of 1906
  • "Respectable militants" : the Neighborhood Union and the transformation of the politics of respectability, 1908-1913
  • "Close ranks" : World War I as a crucible for Black solidarity, 1913-1919
  • "A satisfied part of our composite citizenship" : the fight for Booker T. Washington High School, 1918-1924
  • Epilogue: "Self-determination at the ballot box."

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