Uncovering Black Heroes: Lesser-Known Stories of Liberty and Civil Rights

ISBN-13: 9781433141652 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 128 str.

David Boers

Opis

Uncovering Black Heroes is a series of essays regarding real people who are not so well-known in the mainstream of American freedom and civil rights discussion.

Spis treści

Preface - Acknowledgments - Introduction: Why Are These Stories Important to Tell? - St. Louis to Detroit - Releasing Joshua Glover: Wisconsin's Response to Popular Sovereignty, States' Rights, and the Fugitive Slave Law - The Birth of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs - Uncovering Ezekiel Gillespie: African American Male Suffrage - Milwaukee Movers: James Groppi/Vel Phillips - Attorney for the Plaintiffs: Desegregating Milwaukee Public Schools - Conclusion: What Have We Learned About Uncovering Lesser-Known Heroes? - Selected Court Decisions Regarding Discrimination Based on Ethnicity - Selected Court Decisions Regarding Discrimination Based on Gender.

O autorze

David Boers is a Professor of Doctoral Studies in the School of Education at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. He has published eight books and dozens of articles regarding education, educational history, and disadvantaged populations. In addition, he has delivered hundreds of presentations across the nation at local, state, and national conferences, workshops, and staff development programs. Dr. Boers is passionate about engaging in critical discourse regarding social justice, the human condition, and related areas of existential thinking.