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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Gerald L., 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.