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Presents an argument about the interrelatedness of school policies and the persistence of metropolitan-scale inequality. While many accounts of education in urban and metropolitan contexts describe schools as the victims of forces beyond their control, Erickson shows the many ways that schools have been intertwined with these forces and have in fact--via land-use decisions, curricula, and other tools--helped sustain inequality. Taking Nashville as...
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"By Design: The Shaping of Nashville's Public Schools is a documentary produced by the Nashville Public Education Foundation examining historical moments of public schooling in Nashville dating back to the 1800s. The film is intended to educate city leaders and the community about how public policy and community priorities have formed the basis for the city's current education system, and to generate awareness and advocacy to stimulate policy solutions...
4) Hattie Cotton School: the last teacher's first-hand experiences of the 1957 bombing and aftermath
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On September 9, 1957, six-year-old Patricia Watson became the first black child to attend Hattie Cotton Elementary School as a result of the court mandated desegregation of Nashville public schools. Just after midnight on September 10, the school was bombed, likely by the KKK supremacists protesting integration. Hattie Cotton School was published to memorialize the horrific event and honor principal Margaret Cate and all those who helped guide students,...
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Scope and content: A small quantity of materials concerning school integration in Nashville, Tenn., focusing on the leadership of principal Margaret Cate at Hattie Cotton Elementary School in the wake of the bombing that took place there early on Sept. 10, 1957. A significant portion of the collection also focuses on the local and national attention that the event received in the days and months following the bombing.
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Scope and content: Three audio recordings created in 1986 by Historic Nashville, Inc. in which the speakers describe and discuss homes, schools, churches, and various historical minutiae in the following neighborhoods: Lockeland Springs (William Henry Oliver); Belmont-Hillsboro (Eugene TeSelle) and Edgefield. Particularly of note are the subjects of segregation and desegregation in schooling and housing, discussed at length in both the Oliver and...