By Vivian Gunn Morris,Curtis L. Morris
In this compelling ebook, the authors placed a human face on desegregation practices within the South. concentrating on an African American group in Alabama, they rfile not just the profits but additionally the numerous losses skilled via scholars whilst their neighborhood university was once closed and so they have been compelled to wait a White desegregated institution throughout city. This in-depth quantity includes:
- A letter via Dr. William Hooper Councill and speeches through George Washington Trenholm—two African American leaders who labored with groups to supply caliber education for African American childrens in the course of segregation.
- An insider’s view of what existence used to be like within a segregated African American school—including interviews with graduates who talk about the way it felt to be in a worrying and nurturing college that supplied an environment very like that of a family.
- Actual occasions that show the profound detrimental effect of utilizing epidermis colour and race as a foundation for preferential treatment—including testimonials from mom and dad and scholars who skilled racial discrimination of their new school.
- A important examine the unmet gives you of faculty desegregation which can support us offer a top quality schooling for all young ones within the twenty first century.
“Morris and Morris via their cautious examine have painted an image of truth, the kind of photograph that educators, group leaders, and policymakers needs to see so one can provide a formal evaluation of what's occurring and what could be performed. This transparent, simple presentation is as priceless because it is powerful.”
—From the Foreword by means of Asa G. Hilliard, III
“I chanced on it tough to place this ebook down. the associated fee They Paid is without doubt one of the few books that appears at alterations within the desegregation of schooling from the viewpoint of these residing the changes.”
—Lucindia H. Chance, Dean, collage Of schooling, Georgia Southern University
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