{"product_id":"the-lost-education-of-horace-vanessa-siddle-walker-9781620971055","title":"The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2018 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An important contribution to our understanding of how ordinary people found the strength to fight for equality for schoolchildren and their teachers.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the epic tradition of \u003cem\u003eEyes on the Prize\u003c\/em\u003e and with the cultural significance of John Lewis's \u003cem\u003eMarch\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy, an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled southern school segregation and inequality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor two years an aging Dr. Horace Tate--a former teacher, principal, and state senator--told Emory University professor Vanessa Siddle Walker about his clandestine travels on unpaved roads under the cover of night, meeting with other educators and with Dr. King, Georgia politicians, and even U.S. presidents. Sometimes he and Walker spoke by phone, sometimes in his office, sometimes in his home; always Tate shared fascinating stories of the times leading up to and following \u003cem\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/em\u003e. Dramatically, on his deathbed, he asked Walker to return to his office in Atlanta, in a building that was once the headquarters of another kind of southern strategy, one driven by integrity and equality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJust days after Dr. Tate's passing in 2002, Walker honored his wish. Up a dusty, rickety staircase, locked in a concealed attic, she found the collection: a massive archive documenting the underground actors and covert strategies behind the most significant era of the fight for educational justice. Thus began Walker's sixteen-year project to uncover the network of educators behind countless battles--in courtrooms, schools, and communities--for the education of black children. Until now, the courageous story of how black Americans in the South won so much and subsequently fell so far has been incomplete. \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Education of Horace Tate\u003c\/em\u003e is a monumental work that offers fresh insight into the southern struggle for human rights, revealing little-known accounts of leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and James Weldon Johnson, as well as hidden provocateurs like Horace Tate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanessa Siddle Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620971054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620971055\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2018 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018 pg. 6","brand":"Vanessa Siddle Walker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44043371053311,"sku":"9781620971055","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7687209-16c6-43cd-bec1-6ec88e9a220e.jpg?v=1684966772","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lost-education-of-horace-vanessa-siddle-walker-9781620971055","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}