To Advance the Race Erica Lorraine Williams The Encyclopedia's approximately 350 A-to-Z

The Encyclopedia's approximately 350 A-to-Z signed entries focus on the information that addiction treatment and prevention professionals and allied health professionals need to effectively work with clients

of the sites that commemorate the role of African Americans in Florida's history

We've not neglected the local village We haven't travelled to raid or pillage We've included remote

Nor is it an academic text that has been written by authors who have only a distant memory of what it takes to stand in front of a class of teenagers for the first time

especially for marginal Americans

To Advance the Race Erica Lorraine Williams The Encyclopedia's approximately 350 A-to-ZFrom the United States' earliest days, African Americans considered education essential for their freedom and progress. Linda Perkins's study ranges across educational and geographical settings to tell the stories of Black women and girls as students, professors, and administrators. Beginning with early efforts and the establishment of abolitionist colleges, Perkins follows the history of Black women's post Civil War experiences at elite white schools