The Key to the Door: Experiences of Early African American Students at the University of Virginia - Softcover

Maurice Apprey (editor) & Shelli M. Poe (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813951496 ISBN 13: 9780813951492

Publisher: University of Virginia Press, 2024

Synopsis

The Key to the Door frames and highlights the stories of some of the first black students at the University of Virginia. This inspiring account of resilience and transformation offers a diversity of experiences and perspectives through first-person narratives of black students during the University of Virginia's era of incremental desegregation. The authors relate what life was like before enrolling, during their time at the University, and after graduation. In addition to these personal accounts, the volume includes a historical overview of African Americans at the University―from its earliest slaves and free black employees, through its first black applicant, student admission, graduate, and faculty appointments, on to its progress and challenges in the twenty-first century. Including essays from graduates of the schools of law, medicine, engineering, and education, The Key to the Door a candid and long-overdue account of African American experiences at the University' of Virginia.

About this title

About the Author

Maurice Apprey is Professor of Psychiatry and Dean of African American Affairs at the University of Virginia.

Shelli M. Poe is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Director of Vocation, Ethics, and Society at Millsaps College.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813951496
• ISBN 13: 9780813951492
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 222