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A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South

By: Vanessa Siddle Walker

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A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South

By: Vanessa Siddle Walker

Like many black school principals, Ulysses Byas, who served the Gainesville, Georgia, school system in the 1950s and 1960s, was reverently addressed by community members as "Professor." He kept copious notes and records throughout his career, documenting

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Univ of North Carolina Press

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0807832898

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9780807832899

Their Highest Potential

An African American School Community in the Segregated South

By: Vanessa Siddle Walker

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0807845817

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The Lost Education of Horace Tate

Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools

By: Vanessa Siddle Walker

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Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools

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A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018 “An important contribution to our understanding of how ordinary people found the strength to fight for equality for schoolchildren and their teachers.” —Wall Street Journal In the epic tradition of Eyes on the Prize and with the cultural significance of John Lewis's March trilogy, an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled southern school segregation and inequality For two years an aging Dr. Horace Tate—a former teacher, principal, and state senator—told Emory University professor Vanessa Siddle Walker about his clandestine travels on unpaved roads under the cover of night, meeting with other educators and with Dr. King, Georgia politicians, and even U.S. presidents. Sometimes he and Walker spoke by phone, sometimes in his office, sometimes in his home; always Tate shared fascinating stories of the times leading up to and following Brown v. Board of Education. Dramatically, on his deathbed, he asked Walker to return to his office in Atlanta, in a building that was once the headquarters of another kind of southern strategy, one driven by integrity and equality. Just days after Dr. Tate's passing in 2002, Walker honored his wish. Up a dusty, rickety staircase, locked in a concealed attic, she found the collection: a massive archive documenting the underground actors and covert strategies behind the most significant era of the fight for educational justice. Thus began Walker's sixteen-year project to uncover the network of educators behind countless battles—in courtrooms, schools, and communities—for the education of black children. Until now, the courageous story of how black Americans in the South won so much and subsequently fell so far has been incomplete. The Lost Education of Horace Tate is a monumental work that offers fresh insight into the southern struggle for human rights, revealing little-known accounts of leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson, as well as hidden provocateurs like Horace Tate.

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The New Press

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1620971062

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Their Highest Potential

An African American School Community in the Segregated South

By: Vanessa Siddle Walker

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An African American School Community in the Segregated South

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African American schools in the segregated South faced enormous obstacles in educating their students. But some of these schools succeeded in providing nurturing educational environments in spite of the injustices of segregation. Vanessa Siddle Walker tells the story of one such school in rural North Carolina, the Caswell County Training School, which operated from 1934 to 1969. She focuses especially on the importance of dedicated teachers and the principal, who believed their jobs extended well beyond the classroom, and on the community's parents, who worked hard to support the school. According to Walker, the relationship between school and community was mutually dependent. Parents sacrificed financially to meet the school's needs, and teachers and administrators put in extra time for professional development, specialized student assistance, and home visits. The result was a school that placed the needs of African American students at the center of its mission, which was in turn shared by the community. Walker concludes that the experience of CCTS captures a segment of the history of African Americans in segregated schools that has been overlooked and that provides important context for the ongoing debate about how best to educate African American children. African American History/Education/North Carolina

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0807866199

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Hello Professor

A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South

By: Vanessa Siddle Walker

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A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South

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The Lost Education of Horace Tate

Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools

By: Vanessa Siddle Walker

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The Lost Education of Horace Tate

Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools

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