An African American dilemma : a history of school integration and civil rights in the North / Zoë Burkholder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burkholder, Zoë, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American schools--Northeastern States--History.

African American schools.

School integration--Northeastern States--History.

School integration.

African Americans--Education--Northeastern States--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Civil rights--Northeastern States--History.

Segregation in education--Northeastern States--History.

Segregation in education.

Public schools--Northeastern States--History.

Public schools.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (313 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Presenting a revealing historical perspective on today's charged schooling choices, An African American Dilemma illuminates the tensions between school integration and separation that have shaped the long history of black struggles for equal education and civil rights in the North.

Contents:

Introduction

Caste abolished : integration for freedom, 1840-1900

The education that is their due : separation for racial uplift, 1900-1940

A powerful weapon : integration for equality, 1940-1965

Conflict in the community : separation for Black Power, 1966-1974

An armageddon of righteousness : integration for justice, 1974-present

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0-19-060515-4

0-19-060516-2

0-19-060514-6

OCLC:

1242021092