Educating the masses : the unfolding history of Black school administrators in Arkansas, 1900-2000 / editor, C. Calvin Smith ; contributing editor, Linda Walls Joshua.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Smith, C. Calvin, 1943- editor.

Joshua, Linda Walls, editor.

Retired Educators of Little Rock and Other Public Schools. Research Committee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American school administrators.

African Americans--Education.

African Americans.

School management and organization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 223 Seiten)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville, Arkansas : The University of Arkansas Press, [2003]

Summary:

Under segregation and in its aftermath, black teachers and principals created havens of dignity and uplift for their students and communities.In Arkansas, where even education for white children has always been underfunded, the work of these administrators has been particularly heroic.

Contents:

The unfolding history of Black educational administrators in Arkansas : reconstruction to progressivism, 1865-1895

Black educators in the Progressive Era : progress in the midst of prejudice, 1895-1920

Educating the mind and the spirit : the 1920s

The Depression Era : black administrators in Arkansas, 1929-1941

Winds of change and educational progress, 1941-1954

From "separate but equal" to "all deliberate speed"

Continuing the legacy : challenges since Brown, 1970-1990

Other Blacks who influenced Black education in Arkansas

Conclusion, challenges of the 1990s and the new millennium.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-55728-744-9

OCLC:

1273307725