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  • Dangerous Learning

    The South's Long War on Black Literacy

    par Derek W Black ...
    The enduring legacy of the nineteenth-century struggle for Black literacy in the American SouthFew have ever valued literacy as much as the enslaved Black people of the American South. For them, it was more than a means to a better life; it was a gateway to freedom and, in some instances, a tool for inspiring revolt. And few governments tried harder to suppress literacy than did those in the South ... En savoir plus

    $38.49 CAD

  • Schoolhouse Burning

    Public Education and the Assault on American Democracy

    par Derek W. Black ...
    The full-scale assault on public education threatens not just public education but American democracy itselfPublic education as we know it is in trouble. Derek W. Black, a legal scholar and tenacious advocate, shows how major democratic and constitutional developments are intimately linked to the expansion of public education throughout American history. Schoolhouse Burning is grounded in ... En savoir plus

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  • Ending Zero Tolerance

    The Crisis of Absolute School Discipline

    par Derek W Black ...
    Answers the calls of grassroots communities pressing for integration and increased education funding with a complete rethinking of school disciplineIn the era of zero tolerance, we are flooded with stories about schools issuing draconian punishments for relatively innocent behavior. One student was suspended for chewing a Pop-Tart into the shape of a gun. Another was expelled for cursing on social ... En savoir plus

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  • Charles H. Houston

    An Interdisciplinary Study of Civil Rights Leadership

    This study seeks to examine the life and work of Charles Hamilton Houston and the scope of this project will focus on the implementation and organization of the proposed plan in three ways: philosophical ideas, constructive engagement, and lasting contributions of this legal scholar activist. When compiling scholarly articles for this volume, the challenge was examining not just legal precedents ... En savoir plus

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    Dangerous Learning

    The South's Long War on Black Literacy

    par Derek W. Black ...
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    The enduring legacy of the nineteenth-century struggle for Black literacy in the American SouthFew have ever valued literacy as much as the enslaved Black people of the American South. For them, it was more than a means to a better life; it was a gateway to freedom and, in some instances, a tool for inspiring revolt. And few governments tried harder to suppress literacy than did those in the South ... En savoir plus

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    The Case for Abolishing the Electoral College

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  • The Enigma of Clarence Thomas

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