The price they paid : desegregation in an African American community /
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| Author / Creator: | Morris, Vivian Gunn, 1941- |
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| Imprint: | New York : Teachers College Press, c2002. |
| Description: | xiii, 128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4735214 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Asa G. Hilliard, III
- 1. William Hooper Councill: Address to the White People of Alabama
- 2. Status of Negro Education in Alabama: Actions to Take
- That Education Is Important and Necessary, No One Will Deny
- The Teaching Force in This State Is Entirely Too Small
- There Are Practically No Negro Public High Schools in Alabama
- There is Entirely Too Little Attention Given to College Education in Alabama for the Negro
- 3. Concentration on Public High Schools in the South: What We Are Doing in Tuscumbia
- 4. Leadership Opportunities for African American Children in the School and the Community
- Leadership Development Through Extracurricular Activities
- George Washington Carver Slept Here
- 5. Family and Community Influences in the Lives of School-Age Children
- A Place Where You Felt Like a Member of a Family
- A Community of Educators: Teachers, Family Members, and Others
- 6. The Unmet Promises of School Desegregation
- Inequality Before Desegregation
- After Desegregation
- 7. A Virus in the Folklore: Skin Color and Student Preference
- The Discrimination Virus
- Discrimination in the African American Community
- Discrimination at the Desegregated High School
- 8. The Myth of the Unusual Negro
- Some "Unusual" Negroes
- Have Things Changed?
- 9. Conclusion: Lessons Learned About Schooling from the 20th Century
- American Schools at the Close of the 20th Century
- Challenges and Opportunities for American Schools in the 21st Century
- Work Yet to Be Done.