The Price They Paid

by Morris, Vivian Gunn; Hilliard, Asa G., III; Morris, Curtis L.

• ISBN13: 9780807742358
• ISBN10: 080774235X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

In this compelling book, the authors put a human face on desegregation practices in the South. Focusing on an African American community in Alabama, they document not only the gains but also the significant losses experienced by students when their community school was closed and they were forced to attend a White desegregated school across town. This volume is an in-depth look at the unmet promises of school desegregation that can help us provide a quality education for all children in the 21st century.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Asa G. Hilliard, III
Acknowledgments	xiii
Introduction	1	(2)
Trenholm High School Community	3	(5)
History of the Town of Tuscumbia	8	(1)
Schools in Tuscumbia	9	(1)
African Americans' Perceptions of Segregated and Desegregated Schooling in Tuscumbia	10	(2)
Overview of the Book	12	(5)
Part I. Setting the Stage for a New Century: Councill and Trenholm
William Hooper Councill: Address to the White People of Alabama	17	(11)
Status of Negro Education in Alabama: Actions to Take	28	(12)
That Education Is Important and Necessary, No One Will Deny	30	(2)
The Teaching Force in This State Is Entirely Too Small	32	(1)
There Are Practically No Negro Public High Schools in Alabama	33	(1)
There is Entirely Too Little Attention Given to College Education in Alabama for the Negro	34	(6)
Concentration on Public High Schools in the South: What We Are Doing in Tuscumbia	40	(11)
Part II. School Life Before and After Desegregation
Leadership Opportunities for African American Children in the School and the Community	51	(15)
Leadership Development Through Extracurricular Activities	53	(4)
George Washington Carver Slept Here	57	(9)
Family and Community Influences in the Lives of School-Age Children	66	(7)
A Place Where You Felt Like a Member of a Family	66	(3)
A Community of Educators: Teachers, Family Members, and Others	69	(4)
The Unmet Promises of School Desegregation	73	(7)
Inequality Before Desegregation	73	(4)
After Desegregation	77	(3)
A Virus in the Folklore: Skin Color and Student Preference	80	(7)
The Discrimination Virus	80	(1)
Discrimination in the African American Community	81	(3)
Discrimination at the Desegregated High School	84	(3)
The Myth of the Unusual Negro	87	(7)
Some ``Unusual'' Negroes	87	(3)
Have Things Changed?	90	(4)
Conclusion: Lessons Learned About Schooling from the 20th Century	94	(17)
American Schools at the Close of the 20th Century	94	(1)
Challenges and Opportunites for American Schools in the 21st Century	95	(10)
Work Yet to Be Done	105	(6)
References	111	(8)
Index	119	(10)
About the Authors	129