Schoolhouse Activists : African American Educators and the Long Birmingham Civil Rights Movement

Loder-Jackson, Tondra L.

State University of New York Press（2015/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781438458618
• DDC分類 370.8996073

Full Description

Examines the role of African American educators in the Birmingham civil rights movement.

Schoolhouse Activists examines the role that African American educators played in the Birmingham, Alabama, civil rights movement from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Drawing on multiple perspectives from education, history, and sociology, Tondra L. Loder-Jackson revisits longstanding debates about whether these educators were friends or foes of the civil rights movement. She also uses Black feminist thought and the life course perspective to illuminate the unique and often clandestine brand of activism that these teachers cultivated. The book will serve as a resource for current educators and their students grappling with contemporary struggles for educational justice.

Contents

Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations

Introduction: Activists or Accommodationists? Recasting the Role of African American Educators in the Civil Rights Movement

PART I. Breaking Ground and Laying the Foundation

1. Pioneering Black Schools Second to None

2. Organizing for Educational Equity

3. Supporting the Movement Inside and Outside of the Schoolhouse

PART II.Transitioning and Forging Ahead

4. Relative Activism

5. Intergenerational Bridge Building

6. Resurgent Activism?

Appendix. Notes on Methodology
Chronology
Notes
Bibliography
Index