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A Brief Analysis of the Historical Development of Higher Education for African Americans
Oswell Person, Ph.D.
William Allan Kritsonis, Ph.D.
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46 pages | ISBN: 0-9779913-1-8 |
Contents
Background – Civil War – Reconstruction – Freedmen’s Bureau – Churches – Historical Development – Federal Legislation – Morrill Acts – Status of Blacks in the South – Plessy vs. Ferguson – Desegregating Higher Education – Brown vs. Topeka – Philanthropic Organizations – The University Negro College Fund (UNCF) – Contributions of Historical Black Colleges/Universities – Endnotes – Bibliography - Selected References – Tables
Summary
Dr. Person and Dr. Kritsonis provide a penetrating analysis of the historical development of higher education for African Americans. The writers emphasize that African Americans have made enormous contributions to America.
Dr. Person and Dr. Kritsonis tell the story by tracing many struggles the Negro experienced to obtain higher education. The primary purpose of the book is to provide readers with a clearer understanding of the contributions of African Americans to higher education.
About the Authors
Dr. Person is Interim President at Paul Quinn College, Dallas, Texas. He is presently on leave from Prairie View A&M University, Department of Educational Leadership and Counseling, College of Education, Prairie View, Texas. Dr. Person earned his PhD from Michigan State University.
Dr. Kritsonis is a Professor and teaches in the PhD Program in Educational Leadership at Prairie View A&M University/Member of the TexasA&MUniversity System. In 2004, Dr. Kritsonis was recognized as the Central Washington University Alumni Association Distinguished Alumnus for the College of Education and Professional Studies.
In 2005, Dr. Kritsonis lectured at the Oxford Round Table in the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. In 2006, he has been invited to the Harvard Leadership Institute, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University. Dr. Kritsonis earned his PhD from the University of Iowa. In 1983, he Founded National FORUM Journals – over 3,000 professors have published in these journals from across America and world-wide.
