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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788048403321

Autore

Bethel Leonard L.

Titolo

La citadelle : Layle Lane and social activism in twentieth-century America / / Leonard L. Bethel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : University Press of America, Inc., , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-7618-6781-3

0-7618-6475-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

323.1196073

Soggetti

African American social reformers

Segregation in education

African Americans - Education - History

African American teachers

USA

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Reconstruction; 2 Childhood; 3 From Howard to New York; 4 Calvin Lane; 5 Dunbar; 6 La Citadelle; 7 Co-op; 8 Days of Triumph; 9 Companeros(as); 10 The Heart Is the Teacher; 11 Layle; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>Layle Lane was an educator, social activist, and political leader. She played a major role in the March on Washington Movement. She became an innovative groundbreaker in New York City and Pennsylvania where she enacted social transformations and educational camps for inner city boys.</span></span>