Born to Serve by Merline Pitre
Texas Southern University is often said to have been conceived in sin. Located in Houston, the school was established in 1947 as an emergency state-supported university for African Americans, to prevent the integration of the University of Texas. Born to Serve is the first book to tell the full history of TSU.-
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An outstanding historian of African Americans in Texas, the South, and in America, Merline Pitre brilliantly illuminates the history of the establishment and development of Texas Southern University, a vital educational institution that became essential to the growth of a black professional class and to the long struggle for social justice and equal education"" - Darlene Clark Hine, author of Black Victory: The Rise and Fall of the White Primary in Texas
""Born to Serve stands alone as the first comprehensive history of Texas Southern University. But it is more. Merline Pitre narrates the trials and struggles each successive administration underwent to pursue TSU's mission, develop a meritorious faculty, and produce more than 40,000 graduates, most of them African American but many of other ethnicities as well. Definitely a contribution to the field."" - Bruce A. Glasrud, coauthor of Black Cowboys in the American West
""Born to Serve stands alone as the first comprehensive history of Texas Southern University. But it is more. Merline Pitre narrates the trials and struggles each successive administration underwent to pursue TSU's mission, develop a meritorious faculty, and produce more than 40,000 graduates, most of them African American but many of other ethnicities as well. Definitely a contribution to the field."" - Bruce A. Glasrud, coauthor of Black Cowboys in the American West
Merline Pitre is Professor of History and former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Behavioral Science at Texas Southern University. A former President of the Texas State Historical Association, she is author of Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: The Black Leadership of Texas, 1868-1898, Revised Edition, and In Struggle against Jim Crow: Lulu B. White and the NAACP, 1900-1957.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780806160023 |
| ISBN 10 | 0806160020 |
| Title | Born to Serve |
| Author | Merline Pitre |
| Series | Race And Culture In The American West Series |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
| Year published | 2018-04-30 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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