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.

Missouri biography series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American educators--Biography.

African American educators.

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

African Americans.

Young, Nathan B., 1862-1933.

Young, Nathan B.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 236 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

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:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

0-8262-6550-2

OCLC:

560319385