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A struggle worthy of note : the engineering and technological education of black Americans
- Title
- A struggle worthy of note : the engineering and technological education of black Americans / David E. Wharton.
- Author
- Wharton, David E.
- Publication
- Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1992.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | TA157 .W448 1992 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 154 pages; 22 cm.
- Series Statement
- Contributions in Afro-American and African studies, 0069-9624 ; no. 155
- Uniform Title
- Contributions in Afro-American and African studies ; no. 155.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Inventors and Tinkers. Grantville Woods. Lewis Latimer. Garrett Morgan. Jan Matzeliger. H.C. Webb. Henry E. Baker, U.S. Patent Office: Recorder of Black Progress -- 2. The Washington/Du Bois Debate -- 3. Educational Opportunity and the Development of Black Institutions. Educational Opportunities, 1900-1930. The Twenties. The Thirties. The Forties. The Accreditation of Black Institutions. Engineering Opportunities at Howard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Development of Black Schools of Engineering. The Fight for Howard University's School of Engineering: L.K. Downing's Crusade. Hampton Institute. North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College -- 4. Three Black Engineers. Gordon Grady, Engineer. Archie Alexander, Alexander the Great. Henry L. Livas -- 5. The Era of the Brown Decision and Sputnik -- 6. The Sixties -- 7. The Seventies -- 8. The Eighties -- Appendix A. Diamond Scope, Journal of Howard University School of Engineering, Fall 1985 -- Appendix B. An Information Sheet from L.K. Downing of Howard University to George Davis, Hampton Institute, February 28, 1944 -- Appendix C.A Letter from Ovid Eshbach of Northwestern University to George Davis of Hampton Institute, March 10, 1944 -- Appendix D. "Considerations and Recommendations for the Future Curriculum for Trades and Industries at Hampton Institute," by P.V. Jewell -- Appendix E.A Letter from Ralph Winslow of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to George Davis of Hampton Institute, March 11, 1944.
- ISBN
- 0313282072
- 9780313282072
- LCCN
- 92012524
- OCLC
- ocm25629798
- 25629798
- SCSB-1963776
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library