| Contents |
Higher education for the public good / Deborah McDowell -- Perseverance and resilience: African Americans at the University of Virginia / Ervin L. Jordan, Jr. -- The only one in the room: U. Va. Law School, 1955-1958 / John F. Merchant -- Becoming a doctor in a segregated world / William Womack -- Life on Mr. Jefferson's plantation / Aubrey Jones -- Looking back / Barbara S. Favazza -- An interview with Teresa Walker Price and Evelyn Yancey Jones / Maurice Apprey and Shelli M. Poe -- A son of the South: an African American public servant / David Temple -- U. Va.: An essential experience / Willis B. McLeod -- An interview with Vivian W. Pinn / Maurice Apprey -- Opening the door: Reflection and a call to action for an inclusive academic community / Shelli M. Poe, Patrice Preston-Grimes, Marcus L. Martin, and Meghan S. Faulkner -- Strategies for creating a sense of place and high achievement / Maurice Apprey. |
| Abstract |
The Key to the Door frames and highlights the stories of some of the first black students at the University of Virginia. This inspiring account of resilience and transformation offers a diversity of experiences and perspectives through first-person narratives of black students during the University of Virginia s era of incremental desegregation. The authors relate what life was like before enrolling, during their time at the University, and after graduation. In addition to these personal accounts, the volume includes a historical overview of African Americans at the Universityfrom its earliest slaves and free black employees, through its first black applicant, student admission, graduate, and faculty appointments, on to its progress and challenges in the twenty-first century. Including essays from graduates of the schools of law, medicine, engineering, and education, The Key to the Door a candid and long-overdue account of African American experiences at the University of Virginia. -- Amazon.com. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | History. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Sources. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| LCCN | 2016051537 |
| ISBN | 9780813939865 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0813939860 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | (e-book) |
