Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-172) and index.
Contents:
Who shall lead? -- The myth of Black professional inferiority -- Position poaching : the names and circumstances of those purged -- Litigating Jim Crow desegregation : the struggle to end the decimation -- Superintendents, the Southern Manifesto, and school choice -- Implementing Brown without Black principals and teachers -- The past is ever present.
Summary:
This book exposes the decades-long repercussions of the too-little-known result of resistance to the Brown v. Board of Education decision: the systematic dismissal of Black educators from public schools. The Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown decision ended segregated schooling in the United States, but regrettably, it also ended the careers of a generation of highly qualified and credentialed Black teachers and principals. In the Deep South and northern border states over the decades following Brown, Black schools closed and Black educators were uniformly displaced. By engaging with the complicated legacy of the Brown decision, Leslie T. Fenwick sheds light on a crucial chapter in education history. She also offers policy prescriptions aimed at correcting the course of US education, supporting educators, and improving workforce quality and diversity.
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