She was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and wanted to go to a school down south and went to a HBCU (Tennessee State University) and Wayne, and University of Northern Colarado. she has been a teacher at TSU for 16 years teaching African American studies.
Professor Gloria Mckissack was born in Detroit, Michigan to a middle class family and wanted to go south for school. In 1961 she became a student at TSU and had decided to join the civil rights movement where she had experienced her first "whites and colored" restroom sign, which she took down. Professor Mckissack has taught in the metro school system for 32 years and has been a professor of history at TSU for 16 years.
The idea of blacks in the north not knowing or reconizing the degrading conditions for blacks in the south is a culture shock within it's self. The idea of her parents sending her south during the early sixties for a cultural as well as a literal education seem to set the stage for her contribution to education and the civil rights movement. 2010-05 M-W 11:30-12:30
Dr. Haney's production of the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville, Tennessee, talked about the role that Nashville played during the civil rights movement. Mrs. Gloria McKissack was interviewed and she talked about her various experiences during the era. Mrs. McKissack was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She was brought up in a middle class family and had mainly been around whites all of her life. Culture shocks can be detrimental for alot of people .
lester joyner t&tr she taught at tsu for 16 yrs. she came to nashville in 1961.
MultiLitefoot 1 week ago
Caylon Petway American History MWF 9:10-10:05
She was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and wanted to go to a school down south and went to a HBCU (Tennessee State University) and Wayne, and University of Northern Colarado. she has been a teacher at TSU for 16 years teaching African American studies.
lovecaylon1 1 week ago
Tierra W.Y HIST 2010-02 MWF 9:10
Professor Gloria Mckissack was born in Detroit, Michigan to a middle class family and wanted to go south for school. In 1961 she became a student at TSU and had decided to join the civil rights movement where she had experienced her first "whites and colored" restroom sign, which she took down. Professor Mckissack has taught in the metro school system for 32 years and has been a professor of history at TSU for 16 years.
2291551 1 week ago
The idea of blacks in the north not knowing or reconizing the degrading conditions for blacks in the south is a culture shock within it's self. The idea of her parents sending her south during the early sixties for a cultural as well as a literal education seem to set the stage for her contribution to education and the civil rights movement. 2010-05 M-W 11:30-12:30
JamesRMarlowe 5 months ago
Tanesha Jackson MWF 11:30 Hist 2020-01
Dr. Haney's production of the Civil Rights Movement in Nashville, Tennessee, talked about the role that Nashville played during the civil rights movement. Mrs. Gloria McKissack was interviewed and she talked about her various experiences during the era. Mrs. McKissack was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. She was brought up in a middle class family and had mainly been around whites all of her life. Culture shocks can be detrimental for alot of people .
tjackson06 3 years ago