Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-353) and index.

"In the epic tradition of Eyes on the Prize and with the cultural significance of John Lewis's March trilogy, an ambitious and harrowing account of the devoted black educators who battled Southern school segregation and inequality"--,Provided by publisher.

Dr. Horace Tate spent two years telling Walker about his clandestine travels meeting with other educators and with Dr. King, Georgia politicians, and even U.S. presidents. He shared his memories of the times leading up to and following Brown v. Board of Education. On his deathbed, he asked Walker to return to his office in Atlanta. There 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. Here Walker details the courageous story of how black Americans in the South won so much-- and subsequently fell so far. -- adapted from jacket