Analyzing the circumstances surrounding the creation and development of the Atlanta University System, this book shows how philanthropists’ positive involvement created a unique higher educational center for black Americans that exists nowhere else in the nation.
Table of Content
1. Historical Backdrop 2. Mythical Phoenix and the Ashes It Spreads 3. John Hope: Hallmark of the Truest Greatness 4. Layers of Complexity 5. Creating the Atlanta University System 6. Germinating a Black Intelligentsia 7. Conclusion Appendix 1: Other Strategic Locations for Cooperation Appendix 2: Letter: John Hope to Edwin Embree (Hope’s Six-Year Plan) Appendix 3: Notable Atlanta University System/Center Alumnus(ae)
About the author
Vida L. Avery is the Resource Development Manager of the Texas Center for Grants Development at Harris County Department of Education in Houston, Texas, USA.
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