Unsung Legacies of Educators and Events in African American Education
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Beschreibung
This book describes the contributions of twenty-two educators and events that have shaped the field of education, often receiving little to no public recognition, including: Edmonia Godelle Highgate, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Selena Sloan Butler, Alonzo Aristotle Crim, Sabbath Schools, and African American Boarding Schools. These individuals and events have established and sustained education in communities across the United States. This book will help foster a renewed sense of importance both for those considering teaching and for teachers in classrooms across the country.
This book describes the contributions of twenty-two educators and events that have shaped the field of education, often receiving little to no public recognition, including: Edmonia Godelle Highgate, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Selena Sloan Butler, Alonzo Aristotle Crim, Sabbath Schools, and African American Boarding Schools. These individuals and events have established and sustained education in communities across the United States. This book will help foster a renewed sense of importance both for those considering teaching and for teachers in classrooms across the country.
Presents culturally relevant teachers and positive African American role models in diverse schools across the country and explains the significance of the educators and events chosen for selection in the subsequent chapters Highlights five cases that led to the historic Brown vs. Board of Education, with critical analysis of their role in contributing to the growth and development of education in the African American community Explores the accomplishments and historical significance of Sabbath schools, HBCU Laboratory Schools, and African American boarding schools
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Andrea D. Lewis
Themen in »Unsung Legacies of Educators and Events in African American Education«
Edmonia Godelle Highgate Nannie Helen Burroughs Fannie C. Williams Frederick Douglass Patterson Frances Brock Starms Alonzo Aristotle Crim Asa G. Hilliard Brown vs Board of Education Birmingham Children’s Crusade of 1963 Sabbath Schools HBCU Laboratory Schools Intercommunal Youth Institute African American Boarding Schools ethnicity in education