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Goldstein, Phyllis; Strom, Adam – Facing History and Ourselves, 2009
"Choosing to Participate" focuses on civic choices--the decisions people make about themselves and others in their community, nation, and world. The choices people make, both large and small, may not seem important at the time, but little by little they shape them as individuals and responsible global citizens. "Choosing to…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Democracy, Racial Segregation, Racial Discrimination
Foner, Philip S.; Pacheco, Josephine F. – 1984
This book recounts the attempts of three women to educate blacks between the 1830's and the Civil War, a period during which, even in the North and the Middle West, there was little concern for the education of blacks because they did not belong to the body politic. All three women endured persecution and hardship, but they provided antislavery…
Descriptors: Biographies, Black Colleges, Black Education, Black History