![]() ![]() ![]() In a sweeping work that reads like a companion piece to 'Hidden Figures, ' ( Atlanta Journal-Constitution), post- Brown generations will encounter invaluable lessons for today from the educators behind countless historical battles-in courtrooms, schools, and communities-for the quality education of black children.įor two years, an aging Tate told Siddle Walker fascinating stories about a lifetime advocating for racial justice in schools. Horace Tate, a former Georgia school teacher, principal, and state senator. This well-told and inspiring story ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) is the monumental product of Lillian Smith Book Award-winning author Vanessa Siddle Walker's two-decade investigation into the clandestine travels and meetings-with other educators, Dr. The harrowing account of the black Southern educators who bravely pressed on for justice in schools ( The New York Review of Books) even as the bright lodestar of desegregation faded ![]()
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