Reading, Writing, and Segregation: A Century of Black Women Teachers in Nashville

by Sonya Ramsey

Beginning in 1867 with the inception of segregated public schools and ending in 1983, ten years after federal court-ordered desegregation, Reading, Writing, and Segregation details the experiences of African American women teachers in Nashville, Tennessee. Sonya Ramsey examines the familial and educational backgrounds, working environments, and political strategies of these women who constituted the majority of the city's black middle class...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252032292
• ISBN13: 9780252032295
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"