Freedom's Teacher : the Life of Septima Clark.
In the mid-1950s, Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987), a former public school teacher, developed a citizenship training program that enabled thousands of African Americans to register to vote and then to link the power of the ballot to concrete strategies for individual and communal empowerment. In...
Основен автор: | Charron, Katherine Mellen. |
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Формат: | Електронна книга |
Език: | English |
Публикувано: |
Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2009.
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Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=357692 |
Резюме: |
In the mid-1950s, Septima Poinsette Clark (1898-1987), a former public school teacher, developed a citizenship training program that enabled thousands of African Americans to register to vote and then to link the power of the ballot to concrete strategies for individual and communal empowerment. In this biography of Clark, Charron demonstrates Clark's crucial role--and the role of many black women teachers--in making education a cornerstone of the twentieth-century freedom struggle. |
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Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (481 pages) |
Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9780807898468 0807898465 0807833320 9780807833322 |