Nathan B. Young and the struggle over Black higher education / Antonio F. Holland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holland, Antonio Frederick, 1943-

Series:

Missouri biography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young, Nathan B., 1862-1933.

Young, Nathan B.

African American educators--Biography.

African American educators.

African Americans--Education (Higher)--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Education (Higher).

History.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 236 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2006]

Summary:

"Examines Nathan Young's 20-year academic career, during which he attempted to uphold W. E. B. Du Bois's vision of liberal arts education for blacks while balancing it with the agricultural/vocational education advocated by Booker T. Washington, adhering to high standards for black higher education despite powerful and entrenched opposition"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Early life and education

At Tuskegee (1892-1897): the making of an educator

Young and ideas about educational needs for blacks (1892-1901)

Young at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College (1901-1923)

Transforming an institution: the Lincoln years

The end of a career

Summation of a life.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-229) and index.

ISBN:

082621679X

OCLC:

70149285

Publisher Number:

9780826216793