02925nam 22006734a 450 991077816970332120230721022351.00-674-03666-210.4159/9780674036666(CKB)1000000000786909(OCoLC)434595724(CaPaEBR)ebrary10313852(SSID)ssj0000122956(PQKBManifestationID)11132433(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000122956(PQKBWorkID)10131595(PQKB)11625219(MiAaPQ)EBC3300135(DE-B1597)457610(OCoLC)1049623802(OCoLC)1054877349(OCoLC)979574798(DE-B1597)9780674036666(Au-PeEL)EBL3300135(CaPaEBR)ebr10313852(OCoLC)923109355(EXLCZ)99100000000078690920060724d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA class of their own[electronic resource] Black teachers in the segregated South /Adam FaircloughCambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20071 online resource (547 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-674-02307-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-499) and index.The odyssey of black teachers -- Freedom's first generation -- Black teachers for black children -- Missionaries to the dark South -- White supremacy and black teachers -- The founders -- The faith of women -- The city and the country -- Teachers organize -- Black teachers and the civil rights movement -- Integration: loss and profit.In this major undertaking, civil rights historian Adam Fairclough chronicles the odyssey of black teachers in the South from emancipation in 1865 to integration one hundred years later. A Class of Their Own is indispensable for understanding how blacks and whites interacted after the abolition of slavery, and how black communities coped with the challenges of freedom and oppression.African American teachersSouthern StatesHistoryAfrican AmericansEducationSouthern StatesHistorySegregation in educationUnited StatesAfrican American educatorsSouthern StatesHistorySouthern StatesRace relationsAfrican American teachersHistory.African AmericansEducationHistory.Segregation in educationAfrican American educatorsHistory.371.10089/96073Fairclough Adam1494667MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778169703321A class of their own3718339UNINA