End Tenn. Workshop For Better Schools, p. 6
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End Tenn. Workshop For Better Schools, p. 6
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"MONTEAGLE, Tenn. – “Independence Day this year had a special meaning. We celebrated the Supreme Court’s decision, which marked the end of segregated [sic] the Supreme Court decision, a second Emancipation” said [sic] Dr. P. A. Stephens physician [sic] and church leader of Chattanooga, Tenn., at the concluding session of a week’s workshop held at the Highlander Folk School, on “Better Schools for the South.”
Dr. B. R. Brazeal, dean of Morehouse college [sic], Atlanta and [sic] a leader in the workshop told the participants, “We must grow accustomed to thinking in terms of the welfare of all our children, not just part of them.”
Teachers and parents from South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia, sought next steps in carrying out the court’s decision and in achieving “the best schooling possible for all our children, without regard to who the child is or where he lives.”
“Overcrowding, inadequate medical care, transportation for school children, buildings, and facilities limit the ability of our children to learn and our teachers to teach,” the workshop found.
“The South carries a double burden so long as it tries to solve the problems of its schools under a dual educational system.”
Myles Horton of the Highlander staff, director of the workshop, stressed the need for more democratic representation on school boards and in public office. “We will have better schools only when all citizens register and vote,” he said."
Dr. B. R. Brazeal, dean of Morehouse college [sic], Atlanta and [sic] a leader in the workshop told the participants, “We must grow accustomed to thinking in terms of the welfare of all our children, not just part of them.”
Teachers and parents from South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, and Georgia, sought next steps in carrying out the court’s decision and in achieving “the best schooling possible for all our children, without regard to who the child is or where he lives.”
“Overcrowding, inadequate medical care, transportation for school children, buildings, and facilities limit the ability of our children to learn and our teachers to teach,” the workshop found.
“The South carries a double burden so long as it tries to solve the problems of its schools under a dual educational system.”
Myles Horton of the Highlander staff, director of the workshop, stressed the need for more democratic representation on school boards and in public office. “We will have better schools only when all citizens register and vote,” he said."
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The Chicago Defender
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1954-7-24
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N/A, “End Tenn. Workshop For Better Schools, p. 6,” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 28, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/39.