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Schools of our own : Chicago's golden age of Black private education
- Title
- Schools of our own : Chicago's golden age of Black private education / Worth Kamili Hayes.
- Author
- Hayes, Worth Kamili
- Publication
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.
- ©2020
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 161 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book uncovers the forgotten history of private schools built and run by African Americans throughout the civil rights struggle for school desegregation"--
- Subjects
- African American schools
- Private schools
- African Americans > Education
- 1900-1999
- African American schools > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
- Illinois > Chicago
- History
- Private schools > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
- Black author
- African Americans > Education > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- "What He Needs Is Education": Black Education in Chicago to 1940 -- "For the Very Meaning of Our Lives": Howalton Day School, 1946-1986 -- "Something Far More Ennobling": Holy Name of Mary, 1940-2002 -- "We Have Done Black Things Today and We're Going to Do Black Things Again Tomorrow": New Concept Development Center, 1972-1998 -- Epilogue: "We Have to Invest in Our Own Power"
- Call Number
- Sc E 20-631
- ISBN
- 9780810141193
- 0810141191
- LCCN
- 2019028623
- OCLC
- 1108789017
- Author
- Hayes, Worth Kamili, author.
- Title
- Schools of our own : Chicago's golden age of Black private education / Worth Kamili Hayes.
- Publisher
- Evanston, Illinois : Northwestern University Press, 2020.
- Copyright Date
- ©2020
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 20-631