Curtis E Morris

Leap of the Lion

The Price They Paid: Desegregation in an African American Community

Creating Caring and Nurturing Educational Environments for African American Children

City Adrift: New Orleans Before & After Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was a stunning example of complete civic breakdown. Beginning on August 29, 2005, the world watched in horror as -- despite all the warnings and studies -- every system that might have protected New Orleans failed. Levees and canals buckled, pouring more than 100 billion gallons of...

The Price They Paid: Desegregation in an African American Community

In this compelling book, the authors put a human face on desegregation practices in the South. Focusing on an African American community in Alabama, they document not only the gains but also the significant losses experienced by students when their community school was closed and they were forced to...

Creating Caring and Nurturing Educational Environments for African American Children

The history of the education of African American children in one Alabama town is reconstructed over a period of 100 years, from the First Reconstruction period to the Second Reconstruction period (Governor George Wallace's stand in the schoolhouse door). Lessons learned from this case study, in addi...

John Hemphill, first chief justice of the State of Texas