Hello Professor: A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South

by Vanessa Siddle Walker

Book Overview

Like many black school principals, Ulysses Byas, who served the Gainesville, Georgia, school system in the 1950s and 1960s, was reverently addressed by community members as "Professor." He kept copious notes and records throughout his career, documenting efforts to improve the education of blacks. Through conversations with Byas and access to his extensive archives on his principalship, Vanessa Siddle Walker finds that black principals were well positioned...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469613840
• ISBN13: 9781469613840
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"