Race, Remembering, and Jim Crow's Teachers (Paperback)

This book explores a profoundly negative narrative about legally segregated schools in the United States being "inherently inferior" compared to their white counterparts. However, there are overwhelmingly positive counter-memories of these schools as "good and valued" among former students, teachers, and community members. Using interview data with 44 former teachers in three North Carolina counties, college and university archival materials, and secondary historical sources, the author argues that "Jim Crow's teachers" remember from hidden transcripts-latent reports of the social world created and lived in all-black schools and communities-which reveal hidden social relations and practices that were constructed away from powerful white educational authorities. The author concludes that the national memory of "inherently inferior" all-black schools does not tell the whole story about legally segregated education; the collective remembering of Jim Crow's teachers reveal a critique of power and a fight for respectability that shaped teachers' work in the Age of Segregation.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Studies in African American History and Culture
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	2010
Authors:	Hilton Kelly
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	154
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-63804-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Equal opportunities
LSN:	0-415-63804-6
Barcode:	9780415638043

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