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A Black educator in the segregated South : Kentucky's Rufus B. Atwood

Description:	1 online resource (242 pages)
Publisher:	Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015.
Electronic resource	Access for Phillips Academy via Ebook Central
▸Black college presidents in the era of segregation walked a tightrope. They were expected to educate ... black youth without sufficient state and federal funding. Yet in the African American community they were supposed to represent power and influence and to be outspoken advocates of civil rights, despite the continual risk of offending the white politicians on whom they were dependent for funding. The dilemmas they faced in balancing these conflicting demands have never been fully examined. Gerald Smith's study of the long-time president of Kentucky State College helps fill that void. From 1929 t. Read More

The Kentucky African American encyclopedia

Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 596 pages) : illustrations, portraits
Publisher:	Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2015]
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▸The story of African Americans in Kentucky is as diverse and vibrant as the state's general history. ... The work of more than 150 writers, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an essential guide to the black experience in the Commonwealth. The encyclopedia includes biographical sketches of politicians and community leaders as well as pioneers in art, science, and industry. Kentucky's impact on the national scene is registered in an array of notable figures, such as writers William Wells Brown and bell hooks, reformers Bessie Lucas Allen and Shelby Lanier Jr., sports icons Muhammad Ali and Isaac Murphy, civil rights leaders Whitney Young Jr. and Georgia Powers, and entertainers Ernest Hogan, Helen Humes, and the Nappy Roots. Featuring entries on the individuals, events, places, organizations, movements, and institutions that have shaped the state's history since its origins, the volume also includes topical essays on the civil rights movement, Eastern Kentucky coalfields, business, education, and women. For researchers, students, and all who cherish local history, The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia is an indispensable reference that highlights the diversity of the state's culture and history. Read More

The papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. Volume VI Advocate of the social gospel, September 1948-March 1963

Description:	xxxiii, 720 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm
Publisher:	Berkeley, California ; University of California Press, [2007]
ISBN:	9780520248748 (hbk.)
1 of 1 copy available at NOBLE (All Libraries). 1 of 1 copy available at Phillips Academy. Library Location Call number Part Status Phillips OWHL Lower Level - 300s 323.09 K58P V.6 Available