Their Highest Potential
An African American School Community in the Segregated South
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 scho…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8078-4581-3
- EAN: 9780807845813
- Produktnummer: 1594606
- Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
- Seitenangabe: 276 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.6 cm 449 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 449
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