- Anglický jazyk
The Brackenridge Colored School
Autor: Jerelyne Castleberry Williams
The evolving narrative within the pages of the book uncovers the deeply
rutted paths to literacy ownership carved by turn-of-the-twentieth century
African American citizens' groups in San Antonio,...
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The evolving narrative within the pages of the book uncovers the deeply
rutted paths to literacy ownership carved by turn-of-the-twentieth century
African American citizens' groups in San Antonio, Texas. The story
becomes more than a turn-of-the-twentieth century Colored school's history;
it becomes a people's story inculcating the essence of their cultural
history in San Antonio's cultural landscape. Through self-determinist
strategies powered by agency and cultural capital, these literacy warriors
step forward to stake their claim for literacy ownership. The impetus for
the establishment of the George W. Brackenridge Colored School is initiated
by a small group of Colored people who come to petition for more
schools for their children. Within the story of the citizens' groups and the
Brackenridge Colored School, another person emerges as a symbol of the
school's beginnings. The school's namesake, George W. Brackenridge,
moves in and out of the events centered on the Board's decisions regarding
learning facilities for the Colored community.
For all of his philanthropic endeavors during the nineteenth and twentieth
centuries, George W. Brackenridge remains as a memorialized symbol
still standing tall, not only in the African American communities, but
in other communities and institutions through out San Antonio and the
state of Texas. However, only a few remember, or are even aware of the
Colored citizens' initiatives put forth for the building of the school, bearing
the name of its financial and morally bent benefactor, a much needed
ally in the nearby Colored community surrounding the school at the turn
of the twentieth century.
And now, the rest of the story.
- Vydavateľstvo: AuthorHouse
- Rok vydania: 2006
- Formát: Paperback
- Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
- Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
- ISBN: 9781425941956