Schools of Our Own: Chicago's Golden Age of Black Private Education

ISBN-13: 9780810141186 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 176 str.

Worth Kamili Hayes

Opis

Recounts how a diverse contingent of educators, nuns, and political activists embraced institution building as the most effective means to attain quality education. This book makes a fascinating addition to scholarly debates about education, segregation, African American history, and Chicago.

Spis treści

• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• "What He Needs is Education": Black Education in Chicago to 1940
• "For the Very Meaning of Our Lives": Howalton Day School: 1946-1986
• "Something Far More Ennobling": Holy Name of Mary, 1940-2002
• "We Have Done Black Things Today and We're Going to Do Black Things Again Tomorrow": New Concept Development Center, 1972-1998
• Epilogue: "We Have to Invest in Our Own Power"
• Notes
• Bibliography