Hope Shorts Series—Climbing Education's Ladder

Michael and Carrie Kline, Talking Across the Lines

To the tune of country blues and jazz, played by coalfield bluesman Nat Reese on guitar and Ralph Gordon on bass, African American educators and esteemed community members talk about the obstacles and impetuses related to getting an education. What were the losses in terms of community support for black students, once schools integrated? Students black and white learned widely from the few but powerful black educators who kept their teaching jobs through integration.