Educating the masses
Subtitle: the unfolding history of Black school administrators in Arkansas, 1900-2000
By: editor, C. Calvin Smith ; contributing editor, Linda Walls Joshua ; researched and prepared by the Research Committee of the Retired Educators of Little Rock and Other Public Schools
Contributors: Smith, C. Calvin, 1943-; Joshua, Linda Walls; Retired Educators of Little Rock and Other Public Schools. Research Committee
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Fayetteville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: African Americans -- Education -- Arkansas -- History; African American school administrators -- Arkansas -- History; School management and organization -- Arkansas -- History
Description: "Educating the Masses is a history of the struggle of black public-school administrators in Arkansas to provide a quality education for black youth in the years between Reconstruction and the United States Supreme Court's 1954 decision Brown v. Board of Education and thereafter. This is the story of men and women who fought for resources to provide their teachers with adequate salaries, educational facilities and equipment, teaching materials, and curricula and to provide their students with the competitive skills needed for success in America.

"Utilizing information from surveys conducted by the Retired Educators of Little Rock and Other Public Schools, who developed the idea for this book, as well as examining both private and public documents and secondary sources, C. Calvin Smith and contributing editor, Linda Walls Joshua, have compiled an unprecedented historical collection that pinpoints the key players, their struggles, and their victories in the ongoing movement to improve black education in Arkansas."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-204) and index
Table of contents: title: The unfolding history of Black educational administrators in Arkansas : reconstruction to progressivism, 1865-1895; title: Black educators in the Progressive Era : progress in the midst of prejudice, 1895-1920; title: Educating the mind and the spirit : the 1920s; title: The Depression Era : black administrators in Arkansas, 1929-1941; title: Winds of change and educational progress, 1941-1954; title: From "separate but equal" to "all deliberate speed"; title: Continuing the legacy : challenges since Brown, 1970-1990; title: Other Blacks who influenced Black education in Arkansas; title: Conclusion, challenges of the 1990s and the new millennium