Vanessa Siddle Walker: 3 books
The Lost Education of Horace Tate
Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
**A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2018
An important contribution to our understanding of how ordinary people found the strength to fight for equality for schoolchildren and their teachers.”
-Wall Street Journal
In the epic tradition of Eyes on the Prize and with the cultural significance...
Their Highest Potential
An African American School Community in the Segregated South
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
African American schools in the segregated South faced enormous obstacles in educating their students. But some of these schools succeeded in providing nurturing educational environments in spite of the injustices of segregation. Vanessa Siddle Walker tells the story of one such school in rural North...
Hello Professor
A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2009
Like many black school principals, Ulysses Byas, who served the Gainesville, Georgia, school system in the 1950s and 1960s, was reverently addressed by community members as "Professor." He kept copious notes and records throughout his career, documenting efforts to improve the education...