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The Struggle For Black Studies At Howard University, Johnnie L. Ware
The Struggle For Black Studies At Howard University, Johnnie L. Ware
Honors Theses
Booker T. Washington provided for the masses and their economic plight in his thinking, but neglected the cultural-political theory, and the creation of a black intelligentsia. W.E.B. DuBois, on the other hand, directed attention to the intelligentsia, and cultural-political theoretics, but, in his early and most famous approach, failed to provide sufficiently for the masses. Possibly as a consequence of historical circumstances - the location of most blacks of that day in the South and the irreconcilable mores of segregation - neither developed theoretics for invating white colleges.
this was left to the more recent years, when the early advocates …
The Theme Of Responsibility In Black American Political Thought, Jerome Stewart Legge
The Theme Of Responsibility In Black American Political Thought, Jerome Stewart Legge
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Public School Desegregation In Virginia From 1954 To The Present, Adolph H. Grundman
Public School Desegregation In Virginia From 1954 To The Present, Adolph H. Grundman
Wayne State University Dissertations
This dissertation is an examination of the struggle to desegregate the public schools of Virginia from 1954 to 1972. The Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education attacked the social foundation of eleven southern states when it declared that racially segregated schools were "inherently unequal." Brown I,, in fact, was one of many controversial decisions made by the Supreme Court as it reflected the egalitarian spirit of the 1950's and 1960's. By 1970, however, a growing list of legal scholars questioned the wisdom and effectivemess of the Warren Court's judicial activism. My major objective was to trace the tortuous …