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Informationen zum Autor Betty Jamerson Reed has taught at the Transylvania Center of Blue Ridge Community College and at Brevard College. She lives in Transylvania County, North Carolina. Klappentext Although African Americans make up a small portion of the population of western North Carolina, they have contributed much to the area's physical and cultural landscape. This enlightening study surveys the region's segregated black schools from Reconstruction through integration and reveals the struggles, achievements, and ultimate victory of a unified community intent on achieving an adequate education for its children. The book documents the events that initially brought blacks into Appalachia, early efforts to educate black children, the movement to acquire and improve schools, and the long process of desegregation. Personnel issues, curriculum, extracurricular activities, sports, consolidation, and construction also receive attention. Featuring commentary from former students, teachers and parents, this work weighs the value and achievement of rural segregated black schools as well as their significance for educators today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Roadblocks to Opportunity 2. Tracks of African Americans 3. Steps to Integration 4. Gateway Policies for Education 5. Gateway Push to Education 6. Conceptual Path to Schools 7. Pragmatic Path to Schools 8. Leaders in Secondary Education 9. Turmoil in Secondary Education 10. Reconciliation in Secondary Education 11. Expectations of Education Appendix: High Spots in Negro History Bibliography Index
