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Hilary Green - Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865-1890 - 9780823270118 - V9780823270118
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Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865-1890

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Description for Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865-1890 Hardback. Series: Reconstructing America. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; JFSL4; JNAM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Tracing the first two decades of state-funded African American schools, Educational Reconstruction addresses the ways in which black Richmonders, black Mobilians, and their white allies created, developed, and sustained a system of African American schools following the Civil War. Hilary Green proposes a new chronology in understanding postwar African American education, examining how urban African Americans demanded quality public schools from their new city and state partners. Revealing the significant gains made after the departure of the Freedmen's Bureau, this study reevaluates African American higher education in terms of developing a cadre of public school ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Reconstructing America
Condition
New
Weight
491g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780823270118
SKU
V9780823270118
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About Hilary Green
Hilary Green is an Assistant Professor of History in the Department of Gender and Race Studies at the University of Alabama.

Reviews for Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865-1890
During this twenty-five-year-period in the post-Civil War era, the credo that education was a right of citizenship informed African American activism. African Americans remained resilient and adaptable as they fostered networks and alliances. Educational Reconstruction is thus a timely reminder of the power of education to bring about individual, collective, and societal transformation.
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