03754nam 2200745 450 991046329360332120200520144314.01-4422-1140-7(CKB)2670000000577558(EBL)1864065(SSID)ssj0001401998(PQKBManifestationID)12558295(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401998(PQKBWorkID)11351755(PQKB)10463717(MiAaPQ)EBC1864065(Au-PeEL)EBL1864065(CaPaEBR)ebr11027635(CaONFJC)MIL664143(OCoLC)896794272(EXLCZ)99267000000057755820150310h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA forgotten sisterhood pioneering black women educators and activists in the Jim Crow South /Audrey Thomas McCluskeyLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2014.©20141 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4422-1138-5 1-322-32861-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: The World They Inherited; Chapter Two: "Moving Like a Whirlwind"; Chapter Three: "The Best Secondary School in Georgia"; Chapter Four: "Ringing Up a School"; Chapter Five: "Show Some Daylight Between You"; Chapter Six: "Telling Some Mighty Truths"; Chapter Seven: "The Masses and the Classes"; Chapter Eight: Passing into History; Milestones and Legacies; Bibliography; Special Collections; Index; About the AuthorIn the late nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century a small group of women overcame personal and professional hardships to gain national prominence as educational reformers and social activists. This book takes a biographical look at Lucy Craft Laney, Mary McLeod Bethune, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Charlotte Hawkins Brown. The four women knew each other through the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. The other four women founded schools for African-American children, as well as being activists, lecturers, and suffragists, and the book includes interviews with students who came from around the country to attend these groundbreaking, historic schools.African American women educatorsSouthern StatesBiographyAfrican American educatorsSouthern StatesBiographyAfrican American women civil rights workersBiographyAfrican AmericansEducationSouthern StatesAfrican AmericansCivil rightsSouthern StatesHistoryCivil rights movementsSouthern StatesHistoryAfrican AmericansSegregationSouthern StatesHistoryAfrican AmericansSouthern StatesSocial conditionsSouthern StatesSocial conditionsSouthern StatesRace relationsHistoryElectronic books.African American women educatorsAfrican American educatorsAfrican American women civil rights workersAfrican AmericansEducationAfrican AmericansCivil rightsHistory.Civil rights movementsHistory.African AmericansSegregationHistory.African AmericansSocial conditions.370.922McCluskey Audrey Thomas997746MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463293603321A forgotten sisterhood2288160UNINA