{"product_id":"dangerous-learning-the-souths-long-war-on-black-literacy","title":"Dangerous Learning: The South's Long War on Black Literacy","description":"The enduring legacy of the nineteenth-century struggle for Black literacy in the American South\n\nFew have ever valued literacy as much as the enslaved Black people of the American South. For them, it was more than a means to a better life; it was a gateway to freedom and, in some instances, a tool for inspiring revolt. And few governments tried harder to suppress literacy than did those in the South. Everyone understood that knowledge was power: power to keep a person enslaved in mind and body, power to resist oppression. In the decades before the Civil War, Southern governments drove Black literacy underground, but it was too precious to be entirely stamped out.\n\nThis book describes the violent lengths to which southern leaders went to repress Black literacy and the extraordinary courage it took Black people to resist. Derek W. Black shows how, from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the end of Reconstruction, literacy evolved from a subversive gateway to freedom to a public program to extend citizenship and build democratic institutions—and how, once Reconstruction was abandoned, opposition to educating Black children depressed education throughout the South for Black and white students alike. He also reveals the deep imprint those events had on education and how this legacy is resurfacing today.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0300272820\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0300272820.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Black, Derek W\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41747176947770,"sku":"DBV.0300272820.G","price":18.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0300272820-0.jpg?v=1791945205","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/dangerous-learning-the-souths-long-war-on-black-literacy","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}