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Nathan B. Young and the struggle over Black higher education
Title
Nathan B. Young and the struggle over Black higher education / Antonio F. Holland.
ISBN
082621679X (hard cover : alk. paper)
Published
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2006.
Physical Description
x, 236 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Examines Nathan Young's 20-year academic career, during which he attempted to uphold W. E. B. Du Bois's vision of liberal arts education for blacks while balancing it with the agricultural/vocational education advocated by Booker T. Washington, adhering to high standards for black higher education despite powerful and entrenched opposition"--Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 28, 2006
Series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-229) and index.
Contents
Early life and education
At Tuskegee (1892-1897): the making of an educator
Young and ideas about educational needs for blacks (1892-1901)
Young at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College (1901-1923)
Transforming an institution: the Lincoln years
The end of a career
Summation of a life.
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