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

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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
Main Author: Smith, Gerald L., 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Atwood, Rufus B., > 1897-
Kentucky State College (Frankfort, Ky.)
Kentucky State College (Frankfort, Ky.) > Presidents > Biography.
Segregation in higher education.
Presidents.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Segregation dans l'enseignement superieur > Kentucky > Histoire.
Segregation in higher education > Kentucky > History.
Kentucky.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
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.

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