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The heart of the race problem : the life of Kelly Miller /

"This work is not solely a tribute to the creation of Moorland Spingran Research Center nor the politics at Howard University during Kelly Miller's tenure. This work attempts to situate the life of Kelly Miller in three areas: the private, the public, and the polemic."--Excerpted from...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jones, Ida (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Littleton, MA : Tapestry Press, [2011]
Subjects:
Miller, Kelly, > 1863-1939.
Howard University > Faculty > Biography.
Howard University.
African American educators > Biography.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Educators > United States > Biography.
Educators.
Race relations.
Universities and colleges > Faculty.
United States.
1900-1999
Biographies.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Biographical sketch of Kelly Miller, 1863-1939
  • Introduction
  • 1. My entry into a land made sick by strife, 1863-1879
  • 2. A vastly different life opens for me, 1880-1889
  • 3. I am introduced to a new world, 1890-1916
  • 4. The negro is scarcely ever considered, 1917-1925
  • 5. My life: a yardstick of progress, 1926-1939
  • Epilogue.