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Tell them we are rising : a memoir of faith in education /

Ruth Wright Hayre grew up in a close, genteel family that had prized learning since the days of the Civil War. At age ten, her grandfather, Richard Robert Wright, led by his remarkable mother, marched 200 miles to attend a school for emancipated slaves in a discarded railroad boxcar in Atlanta. When...

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Main Author: Hayre, Ruth Wright, 1910-1999.
Contributors: Moore, Alexis, 1951-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : J. Wiley & Sons, ©1997.
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Hayre, Ruth Wright, > 1910-1999.
Hayre, Ruth Wright, > 1910-
African American women teachers > Biography.
Public schools > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Enseignantes noires américaines > Biographies.
Écoles publiques > Pennsylvanie > Philadelphie.
African American women teachers.
Public schools.
Pennsylvania > Philadelphia.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
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Call Number: LA 2317 .H49 A3 1997
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