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"A visible company of professionals": African Americans and the National Education Association during the civil rights movement / Carol F. Karpinski. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Karpinski, Carol F.
- Series:
- History of schools and schooling ; v. 49.
- History of schools & schooling ; v. 49
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Education--History.
- African Americans.
- Discrimination in education--United States--History.
- Discrimination in education.
- National Education Association of the United States--History.
- National Education Association of the United States.
- American Teachers Association--History.
- American Teachers Association.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 240 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, c2008.
- Contents:
- Prologue : African American educators and the NEA, 1857-1928
- Teachers, activism, and professional organizations
- Hard times and new leadership
- Teacher welfare
- Promise and disappointment
- On the defensive
- The Brown decisions : a time to change
- The integration resolutions, 1954-1961
- NEA ATA merger
- Mergers at the state level.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-232) and index.
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