| Greater than Equal: African American Struggles for Schools and Citizenship in North Carolina, 1919-1965 Contributor(s): Thuesen, Sarah Caroline (Author) |
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ISBN: 1469655292 ISBN-13: 9781469655291 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $35.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Education | History - Education | Student Life & Student Affairs |
| Dewey: 371.829 |
| LCCN: 2013004074 |
| Physical Information: 0.86" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.30 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1950's - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - South Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - North Carolina |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Thuesen, Sarah Caroline: - Sarah Thuesen teaches history at Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. |