The Marion Thompson Wright reader / edited and with a biographical introduction by Graham Russell Gao Hodges.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women scholars--Biography.

African American women scholars.

African Americans--Education.

African Americans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2021]

Summary:

In The Marion Thompson Wright Reader, acclaimed historian Graham Russell Hodges provides a scholarly, accessible introduction to a modern edition of Marion Thompson Wright’s classic book, The Education of Negroes in New Jersey and to her full body of scholarly work. First published in 1941 by Teachers College Press, Thompson’s landmark study has been out of print for decades. Such rarity understates the book’s importance. Thompson’s major book and her life are significant for the histories of New Jersey, African Americans, local and national, women’s and education history. Drawing upon Wright's work, existing scholarship, and new archival research, this new landmark scholarly edition, which includes an all-new biography of this pioneering scholar, underscores the continued relevance of Marion Thompson Wright.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Biographical Introduction

The Education of Negroes in New Jersey

Essays

“New Jersey Laws and the Negro.” Journal of Negro History 28, no. 2 (April 1943): 156–199.

“Negro Suffrage in New Jersey, 1776–1875.” Journal of Negro History 33, no. 2 (April 1948): 168–224.

Chapter IX from “Racial Integration in the Public Schools of New Jersey.” In “Next Steps in Racial Desegregation in Education.” Special issue, Journal of Negro Education 23, no. 3 (Summer 1954): 282–289.

Reviews and Notes

“Are Colonials People?” Review of Color and Democracy, by William E. Burghardt Du Bois. Journal of Negro Education 15, no. 1 (Winter 1946): 63–65.

“It Can Happen Anywhere.” Review of If He Hollers, Let Him Go, by Chester B. Himes. Journal of Negro Education 15, no. 2 (Spring 1946): 213–214.

Notes from Recent Books.” Journal of Negro Education 13, no. 4 (Autumn 1944): 532–535.

“Notes from Recent Books.” Journal of Negro Education 18, no. 2 (Spring 1949): 155–159.

Encyclopedia Entry

“Lucy Diggs Slowe.” In Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary, edited by Edward T. James et al., 3:299–300. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971.

Chronological Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-9788-0540-3

OCLC:

1272996092