Dream Not of Other Worlds
Subtitle: Teaching in a Segregated Elementary School,1970 (Sightline Books)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University Of Iowa Press
Published: April 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780877459965
Subjects: Biography: general; Black studies; Primary / junior schools; Teaching of ethnic minorities; c 1970 to c 1980; Social Science; Biography / Autobiography; Sociology; Virginia; Educators; Personal Memoirs; History / United States / 20th Century; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; General; United States - 20th Century; African Americans; Case studies; Education; First year teachers; Louisa County; Segregation in education
Description: Recounts the author's first job teaching fourth-graders in a segregated black school in rural Virginia during the early 1970s. As the students' first white teacher, Diehl shares how the children connected with her and describes their courage and resiliency in the face of poverty and bigotry.