Schooling Jim Crow: The Fight for Atlanta s Booker T. Washington High School and the Roots of Black Protest Politics

Schooling Jim Crow: The Fight for Atlantas Booker T. Washington High School and the Roots of Black Protest Politics In 1919 the NAACP organized a voting bloc powerful enough to compel the city of Atlanta to budget $1.5 million for the construction of schools for black students. This victory would have been remarkable in any era, but in the context of the Jim Crow South it was revolutionary. Schooling Jim Crow tells the story of this little-known campaign. Autor: Jay Winston Driskell Jr. Wydawnictwo: University of Virginia Press Rok wydania: 2019 Okładka: miękka Liczba stron: 320 Wymiary: 23.5 x 15.6 cm Ilustracje: 6 black & white illustrations Język: angielski ISBN: 9780813942582