The lost education of Horace Tate : uncovering the hidden heroes who fought for justice in schools /
Dr. Horace Tate spent two years telling Walker about his clandestine travels meeting with other educators and with Dr. King, Georgia politicians, and even U.S. presidents. He shared his memories of the times leading up to and following Brown v. Board of Education. On his deathbed, he asked Walker to...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
New Press,
[2018]
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| Summary: | Dr. Horace Tate spent two years telling Walker about his clandestine travels meeting with other educators and with Dr. King, Georgia politicians, and even U.S. presidents. He shared his memories of the times leading up to and following Brown v. Board of Education. On his deathbed, he asked Walker to return to his office in Atlanta. There she found the collection, a massive archive documenting the underground actors and covert strategies behind the most significant era of the fight for educational justice. Here Walker details the courageous story of how black Americans in the South won so much, and subsequently fell so far. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 468 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781620971055 1620971054 |