Charlotte Hawkins Brown & Palmer Memorial Institute - 9780807847947
Un libro in lingua di Wadelington Charles Weldon Knapp Richard F. edito da Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1999
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In the fall of 1901, Charlotte Hawkins Brown (1883-1961) jumped off a Southern Railway train in the unfamiliar backwoods of Guilford County, North Carolina. She was black, single, and barely eighteen years old and had come alone from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to begin her first real job as a teacher at a small, struggling school for African Americans.
She stayed for over half a century. When the failing school was closed at the end of her first year, Brown remained to carry on. With virtually no resources save her own energy and determination, she founded Palmer Memorial Institute, which she would lead for fifty years. As other black private schools across the state vanished, Brown built Palmer up to become one of the premier academies for African American children in the nation.
A remarkable example of achievement in the face of segregation and discrimination, the story of Charlotte Hawkins Brown and her school continues to provide a model of educational success born of dedication and hard work.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Charlotte Hawkins Brown & Palmer Memorial Institute
- Sottotitolo: What One Young African American Woman Could Do
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Wadelington Charles Weldon Knapp Richard F.
- Editore: Univ of North Carolina Pr
- Collana: Univ of North Carolina Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Ottobre '99
- Genere: BIOGRAPHY and AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Argomenti : African American women teachers North Carolina Biography Women school administrators North Carolina Biography
- Pagine: 303
- Dimensioni mm: 234 x 120 x 19
- EAN-13: 9780807847947