Model Schools in the Model City (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh PA, 2026
Series: Book 20 of 22 - Culture Politics & the Built Environment
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Paperback. Finalist for the 2026 ASALH Book AwardAccess to educational resources has been a tool of liberation for Black Americans from the antebellum period to the present. With this book, Amber N. Wiley emphasizes the value of education as a means for social equalityBlack Americans wanted the American Dream to apply to them, and equal opportunity for quality education was at the forefront of making that dream a reality. Model Schools in the Model City chronicles how Black Washingtonians used public education as a means of racial uplift in the face of entrenched white resistance and repeated assertions of white supremacy. For Black Washingtonians, it was the school buildinga permanent structure, made of sturdy materialthat was the physical realization of Black liberation, agency, and the right to exist as citizens of the United States. Furthermore, it was the school building that stood as the litmus test to whether Black Washingtonians citizenship was perpetually guaranteed; thus, they fought with all the tools at their disposal to maintain access to quality education in the nations capital. In this book, Wiley recounts the untold story of Black Washingtonians educational ambitions, especially as they were manifested in the schools themselves. Finalist for the 2026 ASALH Book AwardFinalist for the 2026 Association of American Publishers PROSE Award in the Social Sciences Access to educational resources has been a tool of liberation for Black Americans from the antebellum period to the present. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …
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- Title
- Model Schools in the Model City (Paperback)
- Author
- Amber N. Wiley
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh PA
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
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- Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 0822968320
- ISBN 13
- 9780822968320
- Series
- Book 20 of 22: Culture Politics & the Built Environment
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Amber N. Wiley is the Wick Cary Director of the Institute for Quality Communities and an Associate Professor of Planning, Landscape Architecture, and Design in the Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma.
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