"That's When We Were Marching for Jobs": Black Teachers and the Early Civil Rights Movement in Milwaukee.

Dougherty, Jack

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ERIC Number: EJ568064

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1998

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"That's When We Were Marching for Jobs": Black Teachers and the Early Civil Rights Movement in Milwaukee.

Dougherty, Jack

History of Education Quarterly, v38 n2 p121-41 Sum 1998

Profiles the civil rights movement in Milwaukee, Wisconsin during the 1930s and 1940s. In this specific instance, the civil rights movement focused on employment for Black teachers (of primarily Black students) within the Milwaukee system. Discusses the various civic, political, and educational organizations involved and their lobbying efforts. (MJP)

Descriptors: Black Education, Black History, Black Teachers, Civil Rights, Educational History, Higher Education, Modern History, School Desegregation, School Segregation, Teacher Distribution, Teacher Employment, Teacher Placement, United States History

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Wisconsin (Milwaukee)

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