A forgotten migration : black southerners, segregation scholarships, and the debt owed to public HBCUs /

Forgotten Migration tells the little-known story of "segregation scholarships" awarded by states in the US South to Black students seeking graduate education in the pre–Brown v. Board of Education era. Under the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, decades earlier, southern states could provide gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sanders, Crystal (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2024].
Series:	John Hope Franklin series in African American history and culture.
Subjects:	Segregation in higher education > Southern States > History > 20th century. Segregation in higher education > Government policy > Southern States. African American graduate students > Scholarships, fellowships, etc. > Southern States. Out-of-state students > Scholarships, fellowships, etc. > United States. Historically Black colleges and universities > Finance > History > 20th century.

Table of Contents:

Chapter one. A gold brick: The creation of segregation scholarship programs
Chapter two. Chipping away at segregation: The first legal challenges to desegregate graduate and professional schools
Chapter three. (In)adequate compensation for loss of civil rights: Lloyd Gaines and the constitutionality of segregation scholarships
Chapter four. Shall we rejoice or grieve? Black graduate study at public black colleges in tandem with segregation scholarships
Chapter five. Don't shut too soon: The ebbs and flows of the fight for educational equality.