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Whatever it takes Whatever it takes Paul Tough An intriguing portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada, creator of the Harlem Children's Zone, describes his radical new approach to eliminating inner-city poverty, one that proposes to … OL11921156W
The water is wide The water is wide Pat Conroy "A young white teacher goes to an island off the coast of South Carolina to teach a group of functionally illiterate black children. Yamacraw Island is backward and primitive, a world for the most pa… OL15870941W
African-American/Afro-Canadian schooling African-American/Afro-Canadian schooling Charles Leslie Glenn "An overview of efforts to provide formal schooling to Black children and youth in North America, from the Colonial period to the present, both in the South and in the North and Canada The account in… OL15891172W
Raising African American males Raising African American males Theresa Harris "Raising African American Males is comprised of strategies and interventions that can assist and improve African American males' achievement in all areas of academics as well as in their everyday liv… OL16167679W
Ebony and Ivy Ebony and Ivy Craig Steven Wilder A 2006 report commissioned by Brown University revealed that institution’s complex and contested involvement in slavery—setting off a controversy that leapt from the ivory tower to make headlines acr… OL16813049W
Promises kept Promises kept Brewster, Joe (Psychiatrist) Regardless of how wealthy or poor their parents are, all black boys must confront and surmount the "achievement gap" a divide that shows up not only in our sons' test scores, but in their social and … OL18167995W
Constructing social reality Constructing social reality Loretta J. Brunious "This book examines how black children who grow up in an impoverished environment construct their social reality, and how this process influences their perception and creation of self. It argues that… OL1914936W
The African American student's guide to STEM careers The African American student's guide to STEM careers Robert T. Palmer This book reviews the factors that facilitate access and success of Black students in STEM majors in higher education, and it shares testimonies from Black STEM professionals that will help inspire t… OL19730468W
Pushout Pushout Monique W. Morris "Fifteen-year-old Diamond stopped going to school the day she was expelled for lashing out at peers who constantly harassed and teased her for something everyone on the staff had missed: she was bein… OL20025298W
Reparation and reconciliation Reparation and reconciliation Christi Michelle Smith "This is the first book to reveal the nineteenth-century struggle for racial integration on U.S. college campuses. As the Civil War ended, the need to heal the scars of slavery, expand the middle cla… OL20048211W
African American men in college African American men in college Michael J. Cuyjet Publisher description: This book offers help for administrators and faculty concerned with recruitment, retention, and graduation of African American men. The book has two main purposes: First, to fi… OL20546075W
Beyond Banneker Beyond Banneker Erica N. Walker Erica N. Walker presents a compelling story of Black mathematical excellence in the United States. Much of the research and discussion about Blacks and mathematics focuses on underachievement; by doc… OL20548068W
Blackballed Blackballed Lawrence Ross xii, 266 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 21 cm OL20773074W
Can we talk about race? Can we talk about race? Beverly Daniel Tatum Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.Can We Talk About Race?: And Other Conversations in an Era of School ResegregationMajor new reflections on race and schools — by the best-selling author of Why Are All the … OL2683673W
The forbidden schoolhouse The forbidden schoolhouse Suzanne Jurmain They threw rocks and rotten eggs at the school windows. Villagers refused to sell Miss Crandall groceries or let her students attend the town church. Mysteriously, her schoolhouse was set on fire-by … OL2720524W
The Political Use of Racial Narratives The Political Use of Racial Narratives Richard A. Pride "Arguing that politics is essentially a contest for meaning and telling a story is an elemental political act, Richard A. Pride lays bare the history of school desegregation in Mobile, Alabama, to de… OL2927728W
The dreamkeepers The dreamkeepers Gloria Ladson-Billings Gloria Ladson-Billings revisits the eight teachers who were profiled in the first edition and introduces us to new teachers who are current exemplars of good teaching. She shows that culturally relev… OL3469483W
Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950 Race and Schooling in the South, 1880-1950 Robert A. Margo The interrelation among race, schooling, and labor market opportunities of American blacks can help us make sense of the relatively poor economic status of blacks in contemporary society. The role of… OL4449156W
The making of a Black scholar The making of a Black scholar Horace A. Porter "This is a memoir of a young black man moving from rural Georgia to life as a student and teacher in the Ivy League as well as a history of the changes in American education that developed in respons… OL4639460W
The education of Black folk The education of Black folk Allen B. Ballard From the Publisher: The Education of Black Folk chronicles the history of African-American education and the beginnings of affirmative action in American colleges and universities. Considered to be a… OL5262776W
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