The Quiet Trailblazer : My Journey As the First Black Graduate of the University of Georgia / Mary Frances Early and Maurice C. Daniels.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Early, Mary Frances, author.

Daniels, Maurice C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American women.

African American women--Biography.

African American women college students--Georgia--Athens--Biography.

African American women college students.

College integration--Georgia--Athens--History.

College integration.

Music students--United States--Biography.

Music students.

Students.

Women.

Women college students.

Women college students--Georgia--Athens--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages) : illustrations ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Athens, Georgia : Mary Frances Early College of Education and the University of Georgia Libraries, [2021]

Summary:

The Quiet Trailblazer recounts Mary Frances Early's life from her childhood in Atlanta, her growing interest in music, and her awakening to the injustices of racism in the Jim Crow South.

Contents:

Growing up in segregated Atlanta: Family life in the Jim Crow South

My education: Beginnings

On to higher education and my first teaching experiences

1961: Integrating the Universtiy of Georgia's graduate school

Back to work... and a historic graduation at UGA

Stepping up the professional ladder in music education

Beyond UGA: My professional career broadens

A second career in higher education: Expanding my horizons

Reconciliation with UGA

Coda: My life lessons

Appendix: Diary excerpts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8203-6082-1

OCLC:

1269073635