TY  - BOOK
AU  - Erickson,Ansley T.
AU  - Morrell,Ernest
TI  - Educating Harlem: a century of schooling and resistance in a Black community 
SN  - 9780231544047
AV  - LC2803 .E383 2019
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Education
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Discrimination in education
KW  - Racism in education
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - School improvement programs
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; 2; b
N2  - "Since the beginning of the twentieth century, education has been a mechanism of opportunity and oppression for the African American community in Harlem. In Educating Harlem, a multi-disciplinary group of scholars document and analyze how Harlemites defined and pursued their educational ambitions in the face of political and economic challenges ranging from poverty and racism to government indifference. The contributors consider the individuals, organizations, and initiatives that fostered an educational vision for Harlem, from Harlem Renaissance figures who sought to reform the curriculum to efforts in the 1970s to develop and defend auxiliary aspects of schooling in the face of severe budget cuts. Examining a wide range of actors, the volume provides new ways of thinking about social movements and activism that includes both the efforts of large-scale organizations as well as smaller-scale efforts led by parents or para-professionals. Challenging the conventional "rise-and-fall" narratives found in many urban histories, the volume instead focuses on the on-going (if not always successful) efforts of Harlem residents to imagine and implement improvements for their schools"--
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