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Schools of our own : Chicago's golden age of Black private education / Worth Kamili Hayes.
Van Pelt Library LC2803.C5 H39 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hayes, Worth Kamili, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American schools--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- African American schools.
- Private schools--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- Private schools.
- African Americans--Education--Illinois--Chicago--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Education.
- History.
- Illinois--Chicago.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 161 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "This book uncovers the forgotten history of private schools built and run by African Americans throughout the civil rights struggle for school desegregation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- "What He Needs Is Education": Black Education in Chicago to 1940
- "For the Very Meaning of Our Lives": Howalton Day School, 1946-1986
- "Something Far More Ennobling": Holy Name of Mary, 1940-2002
- "We Have Done Black Things Today and We're Going to Do Black Things Again Tomorrow": New Concept Development Center, 1972-1998
- Epilogue: "We Have to Invest in Our Own Power"
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780810141186
- 0810141183
- 9780810141193
- 0810141191
- OCLC:
- 1108789017
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