La Citadelle Layle Lane and Social Activism in Twentieth-Century America [Hardcover]

At last!!! A challenge for every professor of Black Studies, every superintendent of schools, every teacher and PARENTS in this U.S. of A., dealing with Black Studies. Please pass it on with passion.Layle Lane was an educator, social activist, and political leader. She played a major role in the March on Washington Movement. She became an innovative groundbreaker in New York City and Pennsylvania where she enacted social transformations and educational camps for inner city boys.Layle Lane was an educator, a social activist, and a political leader. She was a key organizer of the first march on Washington, D.C., which led to the creation of the Fair Employment Practices Act and Commission after President Franklin Delano Roosevelts executive order in 1941. Lane also played a major role in the March on Washington Movement, headed by A. Philip Randolph. In 1948, Lane encouraged President Harry Truman to desegregate the American military through her involvement in the movement. After taking on Washington, D.C., Lane ran for political office in New York City where she played a major role in the citys social changes. During the 1950s, she ran a camp for inner city boys in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, to expose them to a way of life different from the city streets. It is on this property that a street presently runs through called Layle Lanethe first street named after an African American woman in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. La Citadelle chronicles the life of a real American hero who paved the way for future social activists.ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: ReconstructionChapter 2: ChildhoodChapter 3: From Howard to New YorkChapter 4: Calvin LaneChapter 5: DunbarChapter 6: La CitadelleChapter 7: Co-opChapter 8: Days of TriumphChapter 9: Companeros(as)Chapter 10: The Heart Is the TeacherChapter 11: LayleBibliographyIndexLeonard Bethel is a retired Presbyterian minister and professor emeritus from Rutgers University. Bethel is the author of Advancement Through Sel³›