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Clark,
Kenneth Bancroft, 1914-
Toward
humanity and justice : the writings of Kenneth
B. Clark, scholar of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education
decision / edited by Woody Klein ;
foreword by John Hope Franklin. Westport, Conn. :
Praeger, 2004. xxxiii, 290 p. : ill.
E185.61.C623 2004
ISBN 0-275-97509-6
Includes
bibliographical references (p. [251]-259) and index.
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Fairclough,
Adam.
Teaching
equality : Black schools in the age of Jim Crow / Adam
Fairclough. Athens, Ga. : University of
Georgia Press, c2001. x, 110 p. (Mercer
University Lamar memorial lectures ; no. 43)
LC2741.F35 2001
ISBN 0-8203-2272-5
Includes
bibliographical references (p. 91-101) and index.
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Horton,
James Oliver.
Landmarks
of African American history / James Oliver
Horton. New York : Oxford University Press,
2004. p. cm. (American landmarks)
E185.H6444 2004
ISBN 0-19-514118-0
"Published
in association with the National Register of Historic
Places, National Park Service, and the National Parks
Foundation"–T.p. verso.
Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Jamestown : slavery and freedom in British North
America – The Old State House : Crispus
Attucks and the Boston Massacre – Kingsley Plantation :
race and family in Spanish Florida – The African
meeting house : platform for a community – The
old court house : the beginning of Dred Scott – Harpers
Ferry : African Americans and the John Brown raid – Cedar
Hill : Washington home of Frederick Douglass – Sweet
Auburn historic district : a haven in a hostile
world – Nicodemus, Kansas : in search of
a promise land – The Apollo Theater : Harlem's
stage of dreams – U.S.S. Arizona, Pearl Harbor :
race and war in paradise – Brown v. Board of
Education national historic site : the Supreme
Court and public education.
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Orfield,
Gary.
Dismantling
desegregation : the quiet reversal of Brown
v. Board of Education / Gary Orfield, Susan
E. Eaton, and the Harvard Project on School Desegregation. New
York : New Press : Distributed by W.W.
Norton & Company, c1996. xxiii, 424
p.
LC212.62.O72 1996
ISBN 1-56584-305-3
Includes
bibliographical references (p. 363-409) and index.
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Prendergast,
Catherine, 1968-
Literacy
and racial justice : the politics of learning
after Brown v. Board of Education / Catherine
Prendergast ; with a foreword by Gloria Ladson-Billings. Carbondale :
Southern Illinois University Press, c2003. xvi,
205 p. : ill.
LC2731.P72 2003
ISBN 0-8093-2524-1
Includes
bibliographical references (p. 189-198) and index.
Contents:
The economy of literacy: how the Supreme Court stalled
the civil rights movement – Bakke's legacy:
the new rhetoric of racial justice – The water
in the fishbowl: locating ways with words – Give
me your literate: literacy and the American dream – Literacy
and racial justice in practice: high school X.
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Woodson,
Carter Godwin, 1875-1950.
The
mis-education of the Negro / by Carter G.
Woodson ; [profile, introduction & study
questions by Jawanza Kunjufu]. 1st ed. Chicago,
Ill. : African-American Images, 2000. xx,
216 p. : port.
LC2717.W6 2000
"First
published by the Associated Publishers, 1933"–T.p.
verso.
Includes
index.
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Frost,
Helen, 1949-
Thurgood
Marshall / by Helen Frost. Mankato,
Minn. : Pebble Books, c2003. 24
p. : ill. (some col.) (Famous
Americans)
KF8745.M34F76 2003
ISBN 0-7368-1643-7
Summary:
An introduction to the life and accomplishments of
the African American civil rights attorney who became
a prominent Supreme Court Justice.
Includes
bibliographical references (p. 23) and index.
Contents:
Family – Education – Achievements – Remembering
Thurgood.
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Kalman,
Bobbie, 1947-
A slave
family / Bobbie Kalman & Amanda Bishop. New
York : Crabtree Pub., c2003. 32
p. : col. ill., col. map. (Colonial
people)
E443.K35 2003
ISBN 0-7787-0746-6
Includes
index.
Summary:
Introduces the personal relationships and daily activities
that were part of the family life of slaves in colonial
America.
Contents:
Quasheba's family – Slavery in the colonies – Slave
families – Marriage and children – Helping
one another – The lives of slave children – The
education of slaves – Field hands – House
servants – Tradespeople – Culture from
Africa – The cost of freedom.
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Kelso,
Richard, 1942-
Days
of courage : the Little Rock story / by
Richard Kelso ; Alex Haley, general editor ;
illustrations by Mel Williges. Austin, Tex. :
Raintree Steck-Vaughn, c1993. 88 p. : ill. (Stories
of America)
LC214.23.L58K45 1993
ISBN 0-8114-7230-2
Includes
bibliographical references.
Summary: Describes
the experiences of the "Little Rock Nine," the
first black students to begin the integration of schools
in Arkansas in 1957.
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Lusane,
Clarence, 1953-
The
struggle for equal education / Clarence
Lusane. New York : F. Watts, c1992. 144
p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (The
African-American experience)
LC214.2.L87 1992
ISBN 0-531-11121-0
Includes
bibliographical references (p. [141]) and index.
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Peltak,
Jennifer.
The
history of African American colleges and universities / Jennifer
Peltak. Philadelphia : Chelsea House,
c2003. 120 p. : ill.
(some col.) (American mosaic)
LC2781.P39 2003
ISBN 0-7910-7269-X
Includes
bibliographical references (p. 109-113) and index.
Summary:
A comprehensive look at historically black colleges
and universities, from their origins to the present
time, including the individuals and groups involved
in creating that history.
Contents:
Uplifting the race – The
origins of African-American education – The
debate over Black education – Struggle
and acceptance – A new era for Black schools – Beloved
communities – The future.
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