Blacks in Appalachian America: Reflections on Biracial Education and Unionism.

Turner, William H.

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ERIC Number: EJ296263

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1983

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Blacks in Appalachian America: Reflections on Biracial Education and Unionism.

Turner, William H.

Phylon, v44 n3 p198-208 Sep 1983

Reviews the coming of Blacks to Appalachia and the general character of their social and cultural development in the region. Focuses on the retreat from biracial education and biracial unionism in the early 1900s and how these failures affected the present status of Appalachian Blacks as some of America's poorest people. (CMG)

Descriptors: Black Education, Black History, Economically Disadvantaged, Higher Education, Racial Discrimination, Racial Integration, School Desegregation, Unions

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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