Fifty years of segregation : Black higher education in Kentucky, 1904-1954 / John A. Hardin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hardin, John A., 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Segregation in higher education--Kentucky--History.

Segregation in higher education.

African American universities and colleges--Kentucky--History.

African American universities and colleges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1997.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

Kentucky was the last state in the South to introduce racially segregated schools and one of the first to break down racial barriers in higher education. The passage of the infamous Day Law in 1904 forced Berea College to exclude 174 students because of their race. Throughout the 1930's and 1940's black faculty remained unable to attend in-state graduate and professional schools. Like black Americans everywhere who fought overseas during World War II, Kentucky's blacks were increasingly dissatisfied with their second-class educational opportunities. In 1948, they financed litigation to end segregation

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Hardening the Color Line, 1904-1910; 2 Acceptance of Civil Racism, 1910-1930; 3 Hopes, Reforms, and Resistance, 1930-1939; 4 Separate and Unequal, 1940-1948; 5 Desegregated but Still Separate, 1949-1954; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813183183

0813183189

9780813158976

0813158974

OCLC:

605129098