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The lost education of Horace Tate : uncovering the hidden heroes who fought for justice in schools
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"In the epic tradition of Eyes on the Prize and with the cultural significance of John Lewis's March trilogy, an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled Southern ...
"In the epic tradition of Eyes on the Prize and with the cultural significance of John Lewis's March trilogy, an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled Southern school segregation and inequality"--
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- Creator
- Vanessa Siddle Walker
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : The New Press, 2018
- ©2018
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- viii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781620971055, 1620971054
- OCLC
- on1004596768
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-353) and index.
- Introduction: finding the hidden provocateurs -- Prologue: before the end -- In the shadow of his smile -- Now you see me, now you don't -- My dear Mr. Marshall -- The balm in gilead -- A simple scheme to do a "simple little" -- To help our people -- Fighting white folk -- Out of the public eye -- Seasons of opportunity -- Paying the cost -- Just trying to be a man -- Moving on up -- In this present crisis -- Shifting sands -- The ties that bind -- Paying the Cost-Again -- Walking the Ancient Paths -- Policing the South -- Justice Restructured in Dixie -- As freedom turns -- Not a two-way street -- We hold these truths -- Fighting back -- A charge to keep I have -- Justice betrayed -- A second-class integration it is -- Nobody but a fool -- Epilogue: the last word
Subjects
- Tate, Horace, 1922-2002.
- African American educators -- Southern States -- History.
- African American teachers -- Southern States -- History.
- African Americans -- Education -- Southern States -- History.
- Segregation in education -- United States.
- Southern States -- Race relations.
- Southern States -- Race relations.
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