Ruth Harris: A Reticent Disrupter in St. Louis Public Schools’ Stowe Teachers College during Jim Crow Era

Autor:	Vanessa Garry
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	African american female History Sociology and Political Science Community engagement Higher education business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Gender studies St louis Urban Studies State (polity) Underrepresented Minority Sociology business media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Urban History. 47:1348-1362
ISSN:	1552-6771 0096-1442
DOI:	10.1177/0096144220917471
Popis:	In 1940, St. Louis Public Schools named Dr. Ruth Harris, the first African American female President of the Stowe Teachers College (now named, Harris–Stowe State University). Like many African American administrators, prior to the Brown v. Board of Education decision, Harris had to creatively find ways to acquire resources. This article is an examination of her community engagement programs for preservice teachers and the African American community. Preservice teachers were intentionally immersed in the communities they would one day teach-in while the community learned from well-known African Americans in a nurturing environment removed from the Jim Crow stigma prevalent during the time. Using the community as classrooms for preservice teachers and the campus for public service revealed one educator’s resourcefulness in teaching the marginalized.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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