Philanthropy in Black Higher Education [electronic resource] : A Fateful Hour Creating the Atlanta University System /
Avery, V.author.
Analyzing the circumstances surrounding the creation and development of the Atlanta University System, this book shows how philanthropists' positive involvement created a unique higher educational center for black Americans that exists nowhere else in the nation.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Historical Backdrop -- 2. Mythical Phoenix and the Ashes It Spreads -- 3. John Hope: Hallmark of the Truest Greatness -- 4. Layers of Complexity -- 5. Creating the Atlanta University System -- 6. Germinating a Black Intelligentsia -- 7. Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Other Strategic Locations for Cooperation -- Appendix 2: Letter: John Hope to Edwin Embree (Hope's Six-Year Plan) -- Appendix 3: Notable Atlanta University System/Center Alumnus(ae).
Analyzing the circumstances surrounding the creation and development of the Atlanta University System, this book shows how philanthropists' positive involvement created a unique higher educational center for black Americans that exists nowhere else in the nation.
Atlanta University Center (Ga.)
Atlanta University Center (Ga.)
United States-History.
Higher education.
Education.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Education-History.
America-History.
US History.
Higher Education.
Education, general.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
History of Education.
History of the Americas.