Nathan B. Young And the Struggle over Black Higher Education (Missouri Biography Series)
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: November 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 236
ISBN-13: 9780826216793
Subjects: Black studies; Higher & further education; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education / Teaching; Biography & Autobiography; People of Color; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Higher; History; Biography; United States - 20th Century; African American educators; African Americans; Education (Higher)
Description: "Examines Nathan Young's 20-year academic career, during which he attempted to uphold W. E. B. Du Bois's vision of liberal arts education for blacks while balancing it with the agricultural/vocational education advocated by Booker T. Washington, adhering to high standards for black higher education despite powerful and entrenched opposition"--Provided by publisher.