The Black Struggle for Public Schooling in Nineteenth-Century Illinois [electronic resource].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCaul, Robert L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Civil rights--Illinois--History--19th century.

African Americans--Education--Illinois--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Local Subjects:

African Americans--Civil rights--Illinois--History--19th century.

African Americans--Education--Illinois--History--19th century.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2009.

Summary:

In the pre-Civil War and Civil War periods the Illinois black code deprived blacks of suffrage and court rights, and the Illinois Free Schools Act kept most black children out of public schooling. But, as McCaul documents, they did not sit idly by. They applied the concepts of "bargaining power" (rewarding, punishing, and dialectical) and the American ideal of "community" to participate in winning two major victories during this era. By the use of dialectical power, exerted mainly via John Jones' tract, The Black Laws of Illinois, they helped sec

Contents:

Cover; Book Title; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; 1. Coping with Exclusion; 2. Black Efforts at the State Level; 3. White Efforts at the State Level; 4. Exclusion at the Local Level; 5. Segregation in Chicago; 6. Winning Suffrage; 7. Partidipating in Mainstream Community Life; 8. Gaining Access to Public Schools; 9. Illinois Supreme Court Opinions in School Segregation Cases; 10. Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow; References; Notes; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

817796600