Description: Greater Than Equal : African American Struggles for Schools and Citizenship in North Carolina, 1, Paperback by Thuesen, Sarah Caroline, ISBN 1469655292, ISBN-13 9781469655291, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US During the half century preceding widespread school integration, black North Carolinians engaged in a dramatic struggle for equal educational opportunity as segregated schooling flourished. Drawing on archival records and oral histories, Sarah Thuesen gives voice to students, parents, teachers, school officials, and civic leaders to reconstruct this high-stakes drama. She explores how African Americans pressed for equality in curricula, higher education, teacher salaries, and school facilities; how white officials co-opted equalization as a means of forestalling integration; and, finally, how black activism for equality evolved into a fight for something "greater than equal--integrated schools that served as models of civic inclusion.
These battles persisted into the Brown era, mobilized black communities, narrowed material disparities, fostered black school pride, and profoundly shaped the eventual movement for desegregation. Thuesen emphasizes that the remarkable achievements of this activism should not obscure the inherent limitations of a fight for equality in a segregated society. In fact, these unresolved struggles are emblematic of fault lines that developed across the South, and serve as an urgent reminder of the inextricable connections between educational equality, racial diversity, and the achievement of first-class citizenship.
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Book Title: Greater Than Equal : African American Struggles for Schools and C
Number of Pages: 384 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Greater Than Equal : African American Struggles for Schools and Citizenship in North Carolina, 1919-1965
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2019
Subject: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), History, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: Sarah Caroline Thuesen
Subject Area: Social Science, Education, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
