Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. xx, 196 pages : illustration; 24 cm

Summary

1. "This book follows the little-known story of Madeline Morgan (later Madeline Stratton Morris), a Black social studies teacher in migration era Chicago, who fought for and won the first inclusion of Black history in the curriculum of the Chicago schools a decade before the height of Civil Rights Movement educational activism"--
2. During the Second World War, as Black Americans fought to save democracy abroad, Madeline Morgan brought debates over Black recognition and inclusion into the classroom. She created and championed the first Black history curriculum adopted by the Chicago schools. Her curriculum, Supplemental Units for the Course of Instruction in Social Studies, met with natural attention and became a model for teachers, schools, and cities across the country. Hines examines how in the postwar years Morgan's work was met with white backlash and Cold War conservatism, and provides an urgent reminder of the power of educators to push for change despite the obstacles that often erode their efforts. - adapted from jacket

Subject

1. Morris, Madeline R. Stratton, 1906-2007
2. 1900-1999
3. African American women teachers > Biography
4. African American teachers > Biography
5. Women teachers > Biography
6. Teachers > Biography
7. Social science teachers > United States > Biography
8. African Americans > History > Study and teaching
9. Curriculum change > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
10. Educational change > Illinois > Chicago > History > 20th century
11. African American teachers
12. African American women teachers
13. African Americans > Study and teaching
14. Curriculum change
15. Educational change
16. Social science teachers
17. Chicago (Ill.) > History > 20th century
18. Illinois > Chicago
19. United States

Genre/Form

1. Biographies.
2. History.

Contents

1. Introduction -- "Knowledge is power only if it is put into action": the making of Madeline Morgan -- "Self-preservation exacts a oneness in motive and in deed": wartime interculturalism and the supplementary units -- "A worthy piece of work": the supplementary units as alternative black curriculum -- "And quite the pride of the middle west"": the supplementary units, influence, and impact, 1942-1944" -- "Erase the color line from the blackboards of America": the supplementary units in the classroom -- "This crucial war for democracy": Madeline Morgan and intercultural education in the postwar world, 1945-1950 -- Epilogue.

Call number

1. Sc E 22-1434

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-181) and index.

Author

1. Hines, Michael, 1985- author.

Title

1. A worthy piece of work : the untold story of Madeline Morgan and the fight for Black history in schools / Michael Hines.

Publisher

1. Boston : Beacon Press, [2022]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-181) and index.

Local note

1. Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

Chronological term

1. 1900-1999

LCCN

1. 2022000437

ISBN

1. 9780807007426 (hardcover)
2. 0807007420 (hardcover)

Research call number

1. Sc E 22-1434