{"product_id":"an-african-american-dilemma-a-history-of-school-integration-and-civil-rights-in-the-north-hardcover","title":"An African American Dilemma: A History of School Integration and Civil Rights in the North - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eZoë Burkholder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn African American Dilemma\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e offers the first social history of northern Black debates over school integration versus separation from the 1840s to the present.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince \u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/em\u003e in 1954 Americans have viewed school integration as a central tenet of the Black civil rights movement. Yet, school integration was not the only--or even always the dominant--civil rights strategy. At times, African Americans also fought for separate, Black controlled schools dedicated to racial uplift and community empowerment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn African American Dilemma\u003c\/em\u003e offers a social history of these debates within northern Black communities from the 1840s to the present. Drawing on sources including the Black press, school board records, social science studies, the papers of civil rights activists, and court cases, it reveals that northern Black communities, urban and suburban, vacillated between a preference for either school integration or separation during specific eras. Yet, there was never a consensus. It also highlights the chorus of dissent, debate, and counter-narratives that pushed families to consider a fuller range of educational reforms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sweeping historical analysis that covers the entire history of public education in the North, this work complicates our understanding of school integration by highlighting the diverse perspectives of Black students, parents, teachers, and community leaders all committed to improving public education. It finds that Black school integrationists and separatists have worked together in a dynamic tension that fueled effective strategies for educational reform and the Black civil rights movement, a discussion that continues to be highly charged in present-day schooling choices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZoë Burkholder\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Educational Foundations at Montclair State University. She is the author of \u003cem\u003eColor in the Classroom: How American Schools Taught Race, 1900-1954\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2011) and the co-author of\u003cem\u003e Integrations: The Struggle for Racial Equality and Civic Renewal in Public Education.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 11, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45255045578854,"sku":"9780190605131","price":49.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/dHN6YW5OT2Z2TmxjTmlOWWVJOFkwZz09.webp?v=1773640136","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/an-african-american-dilemma-a-history-of-school-integration-and-civil-rights-in-the-north-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}