Desegregation of the New York City Schools: A Story of the Silk Stocking Sisters

ISBN-13: 9781433157370 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 190 str.

Theresa J. Canada

Opis

Desegregation of the New York City Schools: A Story of the Silk Stocking Sisters explores the use of young black and brown children to eliminate segregation in an urban public school to meet the challenges of equal education opportunity in the North during the mid-twentieth century. Author Theresa J. Canada, herself part of the experiment, tells the story of the desegregation of PS 6-an elite New York City public school-through the narratives of seven of the girls who desegregated the school. While all of the names within each narrative have been changed, the book follows the author as well as the stories of her elementary school classmates. Desegregation of the New York City Schools provides a chapter explaining the history of PS 6 and this time period. There are chapters that describe the contrast between Northern and Southern school desegregation and the psychological and emotional impact these events have had throughout the lives of the girls in the narratives. The book concludes by discussing the sociopolitical issue of economic inequality and education. In a society where women still earn less than men, obtaining an education and earning a living is important for women and women of color in particular. Finally, this book addresses the dilemma of the re-segregation of public schools. Desegregation of the New York City Schools is suitable for courses in education policy, education law, and women's and gender studies.

Recenzje

"Theresa J. Canada provides an excellent overview of this unknown desegregation experience in the New York City public schools. This book informs us that little Black girls in the North were just as courageous as the Black children who desegregated schools in the South. The common fact is that these children were willing to do what was necessary to receive a better education." -James H. Meredith, civil rights activist and author of Three Years in Mississippi

Spis treści

Preface - Acknowledgements - Part I: A Private School Education in a New York City Public School - The Silk Stocking School - Schools Up South - Select a Student - Part II: The Silk Stocking Sisters - Rise to Thrive-Evelyn - Brains and Brave-Monique - Black Power Princess-Imani - Slick and Sassy-Regina - School Secrets-Summer - Social Solitude-Janine - Pretty Rough and Tough-Latasha - Part III: Desegregated Public Schools - Northerly Versus Southerly - Of Heart and Mind - Education or Bust - Now Is the Future - Conclusion - Index.

O autorze

Theresa J. Canada is Professor of Education and Educational Psychology at Western Connecticut State University. She holds baccalaureate and doctoral degrees from the University of Rochester, as well as two master's degrees from Columbia University. Desegregation of the New York City Schools: A Story of the Silk Stocking Sisters is her first book.