African American Topeka

Author : Sherrita Camp
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439643884

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African American Topeka by Sherrita Camp Pdf

African Americans arrived in Topeka right before and after the Civil War and again in large numbers during the Exodus Movement of 1879 and Great Migration of 1910. They came in protest of the treatment they received in the South. The history of dissent lived on in Topeka, as it became the home to court cases protesting discrimination of all kinds. African Americans came to the city determined that education would provide them a better life. Black educators fostered a sense of duty toward schooling, and in 1954 Topeka became a landmark for African Americans across the country with the Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education case. Blacks from every walk of life found refuge in Kansas and, especially, Topeka. The images in African American Topeka have been selected to give the reader a glimpse into the heritage of black life in the community. The richness of the culture and values of this Midwestern city are a little-known secret just waiting to be exhibited.

Author : Thomas C. Cox
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999-03-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0807124222

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Blacks in Topeka Kansas, 1865–1915 by Thomas C. Cox Pdf

Tracing the development of a black community in the trans-Mississippi West, Blacks in Topeka, Kansas, 1865--1915 is a thorough, insightful examination of an area of black history that has received, at best, scant attention. Thomas C. Cox probes in this study the political, social, and economic standing of blacks and the growth of black institutions in the Topeka area from early settlement during the territorial period through the rise of an urban Topeka in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Pivotal In the development of the black community was the Great Exodus of the 1870s -- the massive migration of southern blacks that brought the community new leaders, businessmen, and skilled laborers, and provided the impetus for establishment of institutions and elaborate social structures. Assessing the impact of the Exodus on social stratification and on the destruction of power, Cox closely examines the establishment of political and social clubs, the founding of churches, the rise of the black press -- including the influential Colored Citizen and Plaindealer -- and the emergence of such community leaders a John Wright, William Eagle son, and James Guy.The racial discrimination that permeated Topeka and intensified in the wake of the Great Exodus soon brought about organized protest by the black community to advance the causes of reform and social progress. As this movement grew in strength, it became a powerful bond that overcame divisions within black Topeka, and gave rise to a cohesive community grounded in strong local institutions through which blacks could challenge city, state, and national attitudes and events. In the case of Topeka, which in many ways was exceptional, discrimination helped to create a significant degree of self-determination.With relevance to American social history in general, Thomas Cox's Blacks in Topeka, Kansas, 1865--1915 fully utilizes the methods and materials of social history -- including census analysis and group biography -- to conclusively demonstrate the significance of Topeka in the history of race relations and the growth of black political and nonpolitical institutions.

Author : Kaavonia Hinton
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
Page : 75 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781545749234

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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, 1954 by Kaavonia Hinton Pdf

After slavery ended, former slaves gained greater access to education, and free schools became available to children and adults. Over time, free schooling for African Americans in the South began to decrease, and the South became completely segregated. To make matters worse, in the court case Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal. Believing the ruling was unconstitutional, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) hired lawyers like Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall to fight against segregation in schools. The NAACP started to look for African American parents who had children in public schools that were not equal to white schools. The five cases that make up Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, were heard by the Supreme Court. The Court s 1954 ruling completely changed the direction of American education.

Author : Thomas C. Cox
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1982-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0783785275

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Blacks in Topeka, Kansas, 1865-1915 by Thomas C. Cox Pdf

Author : Bruce A. Glasrud
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780803226890

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African Americans on the Great Plains by Bruce A. Glasrud Pdf

Until recently, histories of the American West gave little evidence of the presence--let alone importance--of African Americans in the unfolding of the western frontier. There might have been a mention of Estevan, slavery, or the Dred Scott decision, but the rich and varied experience of African Americans on the Great Plains went largely unnoted. This book, the first of its kind, supplies that critical missing chapter in American history.

Author : Quintard Taylor
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1999-05-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780393246360

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In Search of the Racial Frontier: African Americans in the American West 1528-1990 by Quintard Taylor Pdf

"An enthralling work that will be essential reading for years to come." —David Nicholson, Washington Post A landmark history of African Americans in the West, In Search of the Racial Frontier rescues the collective American consciousness from thinking solely of European pioneers when considering the exploration, settling, and conquest of the territory west of the Mississippi. From its surprising discussions of groups of African American wholly absorbed into Native American culture to illustrating how the largely forgotten role of blacks in the West helped contribute to everything from the Brown vs. Board of Education desegregation ruling to the rise of the Black Panther Party, Quintard Taylor fills a major void in American history and reminds us that the African American experience is unlimited by region or social status.

Author : Nina Mjagkij
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1713 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135581220

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Organizing Black America: An Encyclopedia of African American Associations by Nina Mjagkij Pdf

With information on over 500 organizations, their founders and membership, this unique encyclopedia is an invaluable resource on the history of African-American activism. Entries on both historical and contemporary organizations include: * African Aid Society * African-Americans for Humanism * Black Academy of Arts and Letters * Black Women's Liberation Committee * Minority Women in Science * National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists * National Dental Association * National Medical Association * Negro Railway Labor Executives Committee * Pennsylvania Freedmen's Relief Association * Women's Missionary Society, African Methodist Episcopal Church * and many more.

Author : Quintard Taylor,Shirley Ann Wilson Moore
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 080613979X

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African American Women Confront the West, 1600-2000 by Quintard Taylor,Shirley Ann Wilson Moore Pdf

Reconstructs the history of black women’s participation in western settlement “A stellar collection of essays by talented authors who explore fascinating topics.”—Journal of American Ethnic History African American Women Confront the West, 1600–2000 is the first major historical anthology on the topic. The editors argue that African American women in the West played active, though sometimes unacknowledged, roles in shaping the political, ideological, and social currents that have influenced the United States over the past three centuries. Contributors to this volume explore African American women’s life experiences in the West, their influences on the experiences of the region’s diverse peoples, and their legacy in rural and urban communities from Montana to Texas and from California to Kansas. The essayists explore what it has meant to be an African American woman, from the era of Spanish colonial rule in eighteenth-century New Mexico to the black power era of the 1960s and 1970s.

Author : Kofi Lomotey
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 1153 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412940504

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Encyclopedia of African American Education by Kofi Lomotey Pdf

The Encyclopedia of African American Education covers educational institutions at every level, from preschool through graduate and professional training, with special attention to historically black and predominantly black colleges and universities. Other entries cover individuals, organizations, associations, and publications that have had a significant impact on African American education. The Encyclopedia also presents information on public policy affecting the education of African Americans, including both court decisions and legislation. It includes a discussion of curriculum, concepts, theories, and alternative models of education, and addresses the topics of gender and sexual orientation, religion, and the media. The Encyclopedia also includes a Reader's Guide, provided to help readers find entries on related topics. It classifies entries in sixteen categories: " Alternative Educational Models " Associations and Organizations " Biographies " Collegiate Education " Curriculum " Economics " Gender " Graduate and Professional Education " Historically Black Colleges and Universities " Legal Cases " Pre-Collegiate Education " Psychology and Human Development " Public Policy " Publications " Religious Institutions " Segregation/Desegregation. Some entries appear in more than one category. This two-volume reference work will be an invaluable resource not only for educators and students but for all readers who seek an understanding of African American education both historically and in the 21st century.

Author : James Oliver Horton
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-03-24
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780195141184

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Landmarks of African American History by James Oliver Horton Pdf

In Landmarks of African American History, James Oliver Horton chooses thirteen historic sites to explore the struggles and triumphs of African Americans and how they helped shape the rich and varied history of the United States. Horton begins with the first Africans brought to Jamestown, Virginia, and the start of slavery in the colonies that became the United States. Boston's Old State House provides the backdrop to the martyrdom of Crispus Attucks, the former slave killed in the Boston Massacre, the confrontation with British troops that led to the American Revolution. After the Civil War, former slaves settled the desolate area of Nicodemus, Kansas, and turned it into a thriving community. The USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Boston's Old State House illustrate African American contributions to the defense of their country and reveal racial tensions within the military. And the black students who demanded service at Woolworth's racially segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, launched the sit-in movement and advanced the fight for civil rights. Horton brings together a wide variety of African American historical sites to tell of the glory and hardship, of the great achievement and determination, of the people and events that have shaped the values, ideals, and dreams of our nation.

Author : KaaVonia Hinton
Publisher : Mitchell Lane Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 1584157380

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Brown V. Board of Education, Topeka, KS, 1954 by KaaVonia Hinton Pdf

After slavery ended, former slaves gained greater access to education, and free schools became available to children and adults. Over time, free schooling for African Americans in the South began to decrease, and the South became completely segregated. To make matters worse, in the court case Plessy v. Ferguson, the Supreme Court ruled that segregation was legal. Believing the ruling was unconstitutional, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) hired lawyers like Charles Hamilton Houston and Thurgood Marshall to fight against segregation in schools. The NAACP started to look for African American parents who had children in public schools that were not equal to white schools. The five cases that make up Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, were heard by the Supreme Court. The Court's 1954 ruling completely changed the direction of American education. Book jacket.

Author : Nina Mjagkij
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0842029672

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Portraits of African American Life Since 1865 by Nina Mjagkij Pdf

Compelling and informative, the 14 diverse biographies of this book give a heightened understanding of the evolution of what it meant to be black and American through more than three centuries of U.S. history.

Author : Paul Finkelman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2637 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 9780195167795

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Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: O-T by Paul Finkelman Pdf

Alphabetically-arranged entries from O to T that explores significant events, major persons, organizations, and political and social movements in African-American history from 1896 to the twenty-first-century.

Author : Jamie J. Wilson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798216041184

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50 Events That Shaped African American History [2 volumes] by Jamie J. Wilson Pdf

This two-volume work celebrates 50 notable achievements of African Americans, highlighting black contributions to U.S. history and examining the ways black accomplishments shaped American culture. This two-volume encyclopedia offers a unique look at the African American experience, from the arrival of the first 20 Africans at Jamestown through the launch of the Black Lives Matter movement and the Ferguson Protests. It illustrates subjects such as the Jim Crow period, the Brown v. Board of Education case that overturned segregation, Jackie Robinson's landmark integration of major league baseball, and the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States. Drawing from almost 400 years of U.S. history, the work documents the experiences and impact of black people on every aspect of American life. Presented chronologically, the selected events each include at least one primary source to provide the reader with a first-person perspective. These range from excerpts of speeches given by famous African American figures, to programs from the March on Washington. The remarkable stories collected here bear witness to the strength of a group of people who chose to survive and found ways to work collectively to force America to live up to the promise of its founding.

Author : Jack Rummel
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-14
Category : African American political activists
ISBN : 9781438107820

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African-American Social Leaders and Activists by Jack Rummel Pdf

Whether abolitionists or slave revolt leaders