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From an award-winning author comes a concise, dramatic, and moving history of the ongoing struggle of African-Americans for education rights. From Colonial times to the ground-breaking case of Brown v. the Board of Education and up to the present, Haskins describes the shocking history of black education and asserts that the future will determine how to deal with America's essentially separate by unequal schools. "The facts speak volumes..."-Booklist. September 3, 1957 was not the run-of-the-mill first day of school in Little Rock, Arkansas. On that day, in a court-ordered attempt to desegregate the schools in the South, nine courageous black students were sent to Central High School, only to be met by a wall of soldiers. The governor of Arkansas had called in the National Guard to prevent the black students from entering. How, in this nation founded on the principle that all men are created equal, could this happen? How could so much hatred have been directed at students who simply wanted to go to school? Haskins answers these questions by tracing the history of Blacks in America. He takes the reader back to a time when slaves were forbidden to learn to read and write because owners feared what effect education would have on their work force. The book moves forward, covering the Emancipation Proclamation and Reconstruction, during which the first black colleges in the South--Berea, Fisk, Hampton, and Tougaloo--were founded. Information about the Civil Rights Movement and historic court cases is also included. The book ends with an up-to-date chapter that details recent developments in segregation, education, and minority achievement.
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| Grade 5 Up?With his knack for blending historical facts and thoughtful interpretation, Haskins offers an informative, close-up look at the course of black education in America. From colonial times to the present day, the text chronicles federal and state legislation, judicial rulings, and Supreme Court decisions that have both crippled and enhanced educational opportunities for African Americans. Although the 1954 Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education legally ended the "separate but equal" doctrine that had prevailed in the United States since the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896, activists in recent years still see inequality in public education that integration and busing have not erased. This factual account is enriched by biographical profiles of influential blacks and whites and by vivid descriptions of inequities, case studies, and trials. The social context and effects of legislation?from 18th-century slave codes, post-Civil War "Jim Crow" laws, and 20th-century civil rights challenges?are presented. This title fills a void in collections lacking nonfiction on public-school segregation and integration in America for this audience. Black-and-white photographs and reproductions of varying quality appear throughout. The well-spaced text, chronology of key events, selected lists for further reading, and index are effectively designed for research and readability.?Gerry Larson, Durham Magnet Center, Durham, NC
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| To me this book is one of the best books i've ever read.This book is about the struggles of young african americans and their struggles with education.In 1957 they tried to get black students to go in a white school and they had to walk to school by a wall of soldiers.This book is also good because each chapter is a different story about another persons struggle. This is a very good book. |
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