Bibliograph

First class, the legacy of Dunbar, America's first Black public high school, Alison Stewart ; foreword by Melissa Harris-Perry

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First class, the legacy of Dunbar, America's first Black public high school, Alison Stewart ; foreword by Melissa Harris-Perry

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-327) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

First class

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

818318390

Responsibility statement

Alison Stewart ; foreword by Melissa Harris-Perry

Sub title

the legacy of Dunbar, America's first Black public high school

Summary

"An analysis of the first US high school for African Americans, the publication of which will coincide with the opening of the school's new facility"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Foreword / by Melissa Harris-Perry -- Introduction -- Prologue -- It is what it is -- Teaching to teach -- The law giveth and the law taketh away -- It's the principal -- Bricks and mortarboards -- Old school -- Chromatics -- Coming of age -- Right to serve -- Bolling, not Brown -- Elite versus elitism -- New school -- Children left behind -- From Bed-Stuy to Shaw -- The fall -- New new school -- Back to the future

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