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Black Educator in the Segregated South
Gerald L Smith
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Description for Black Educator in the Segregated South
Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFSL3; JNK; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Black college presidents in the era of segregation walked a tightrope. They were expected to educate black youth without sufficient state and federal funding. Yet in the African American community they were supposed to represent power and influence and to be outspoken advocates of civil rights, despite the continual risk of offending the white politicians on whom they were dependent for funding. The dilemmas they faced in balancing these conflicting demands have never been fully examined. Gerald Smith's study of the long-time president of Kentucky State College helps fill that void.
From 1929 to 1962, Rufus Ballard Atwood served ... Read more
Black college presidents in the era of segregation walked a tightrope. They were expected to educate black youth without sufficient state and federal funding. Yet in the African American community they were supposed to represent power and influence and to be outspoken advocates of civil rights, despite the continual risk of offending the white politicians on whom they were dependent for funding. The dilemmas they faced in balancing these conflicting demands have never been fully examined. Gerald Smith's study of the long-time president of Kentucky State College helps fill that void.
From 1929 to 1962, Rufus Ballard Atwood served ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813118567
SKU
V9780813118567
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About Gerald L Smith
Gerald L. Smith is assistant professor of history at Memphis State University.
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