Schoolhouse Activists - African American Educators Long Birmingham Civil Rights Movement

Informationen zum Autor Tondra L. Loder-Jackson is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Klappentext Examines the role of African American educators in the Birmingham civil rights movement. Schoolhouse Activists examines the role that African American educators played in the Birmingham, Alabama, civil rights movement from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Drawing on multiple perspectives from education, history, and sociology, Tondra L. Loder-Jackson revisits longstanding debates about whether these educators were friends or foes of the civil rights movement. She also uses Black feminist thought and the life course perspective to illuminate the unique and often clandestine brand of activism that these teachers cultivated. The book will serve as a resource for current educators and their students grappling with contemporary struggles for educational justice.

About the author

Tondra L. Loder-Jackson is Associate Professor of Educational Foundations at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Product details

• Authors: Tondra L Loder-Jackson, Tondra L. Loder-jackson, Loder-Jackson Tondra L.
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781438458618
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-5861-8
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Alabama, Ethnic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, History of Education, c 1960 to c 1970, Educational strategies & policy, c 1960 to c 1969, Civil rights & citizenship, Black & Asian Studies, Civics and citizenship, Educational strategies and policy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General