Bibliograph

Educational reconstruction, African American schools in the urban South, 1865-1890, Hilary Green

Type

Label

Educational reconstruction, African American schools in the urban South, 1865-1890, Hilary Green

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Educational reconstruction

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Hilary Green

Series statement

Reconstructing America

Sub title

African American schools in the urban South, 1865-1890

Summary

Tracing the first two decades of state-funded African American schools, Educational Reconstruction addresses the ways in which black Richmonders, black Mobilians, and their white allies created, developed, and sustained a system of African American schools following the Civil War. Hilary Green proposes a new chronology in understanding postwar African American education, examining how urban African Americans demanded quality public schools from their new city and state partners. Revealing the significant gains made after the departure of the Freedmen's Bureau, this study reevaluates African American higher education in terms of developing a cadre of public school educator-activists and highlights the centrality of urban African American protest in shaping educational decisions and policies in their respective cities and states

Target audience

adult

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