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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777410803321

Autore

Dougherty Jack

Titolo

More than one struggle [[electronic resource] ] : the evolution of Black school reform in Milwaukee / / Jack Dougherty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2004

ISBN

979-88-908716-9-5

0-8078-6346-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Disciplina

371.82996073

Soggetti

African Americans - Education - Wisconsin - Milwaukee - History

Discrimination in education - Wisconsin - Milwaukee - History

Educational change - Wisconsin - Milwaukee - History

Milwaukee (Wis.) Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-247) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Compromising to win black teachers' jobs -- Redefining the local meaning of Brown v. Board -- Calming the "migrant crisis" through compensatory education -- Confronting established blacks and whites on segregation -- Uniting the movements for integration and Black power -- Negotiating the politics of stability and school desegregation -- Transforming strategies for Black school reform -- Conclusion : rethinking history and policy in the post-Brown era.

Sommario/riassunto

Traditional narratives of black educational history suggest that African Americans offered a unified voice concerning Brown v. Board of Education. Jack Dougherty counters this interpretation, demonstrating that black activists engaged in multiple and often conflicting strategies to advance the race by gaining greater control over schools.