The battle for the Black mind

Brown, Karida L., 1982- author.

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"Drawing on over a decade of archival research, personal reflection, and keen sociological insight, this book traces a century of segregated schooling, examining how early efforts to control Black minds through education systems has laid the foundation for the systemic inequities we still live with today. NAACP Image Award-winning author Karida L. Brown, takes readers from the rural South to the bustling cities of the North and connects the dots...

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ISBN:

9781538768433

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xix, 231 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-231)

Contents:

Introduction : to eat from the tree of knowledge
Roots and branches
The calvary
Welcome to the thunderdome
Miss Lucy
Lifting as we climb
Square biz
Millionaire monarchs
The evil genius
Changing of the guard
All hell
The eve of an era
Small axe
Epilogue : where do we go from here?

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2024055719

Control Number:

3405574

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