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Briefly explores some of the history of HBCUs--historically Black colleges and universities in the United States--and discusses their importance in civil rights activism and the way Black people have been treated in the United States. Includes photographs and a glossary.
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A picture book relating the true story of Leona Tate, Gail Etienne, and Tessie Prevost--three young Black girls who, on November 14, 1960, became the first Black students to integrate into a previously whites-only school after desegregation legislation. Celebrates the legacy of this moment and the lives the three girls went on to live.
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"Historically, Black colleges and universities were established to educate African American students when segregation laws prohibited them from attending the same schools as White students. Today, HBCU campuses and programs fulfill an ever-evolving mission that has allowed them to provide affordable education for diverse generations. Travel to… Historically Black Colleges and Universities to take a guided tour to a handful of the campuses that...
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Just over 50 years ago, in Little Rock, Arkansas, nine brave black students stood up for their rights and made history. The integration of Central High School in Little Rock changed the course of education in America forever, and became one of the pivotal points in the Civil Rights Movement. In Remember Little Rock award-winning author Paul Robert Walker uses eyewitness accounts and on-the-scene news photography to take a fresh look at a time of momentous...
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"Born to Jewish immigrants, Julius Rosenwald rose to lead Sears, Roebuck & Company and turn it into the world's largest retailer. Born into slavery, Booker T. Washington became the founding principal of Tuskegee Institute. In 1912 the two men launched an ambitious program to partner with black communities across the segregated South to build public schools for African American children. This watershed moment in the history of philanthropy-one of the...