A Black educator in the segregated South :: Kentucky's Rufus B. Atwood.

Black college presidents in the era of segregation walked a tightrope. They were expected to educate black youth without sufficient state and federal funding. Yet in the African American community they were supposed to represent power and influence and to be outspoken advocates of civil rights, desp...

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Main Author: Smith, Gerald L., 1959-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Black college presidents in the era of segregation walked a tightrope. They were expected to educate black youth without sufficient state and federal funding. Yet in the African American community they were supposed to represent power and influence and to be outspoken advocates of civil rights, despite the continual risk of offending the white politicians on whom they were dependent for funding. The dilemmas they faced in balancing these conflicting demands have never been fully examined. Gerald Smith's study of the long-time president of Kentucky State College helps fill that void. From 1929 t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (242 pages)
ISBN:9780813158679
0813158672
1322596441
9781322596440
0813118565
9780813118567

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