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Resource Type:

Audio/Visual

Type:

Video

Language:

English

Location:

F440

Author/Creator:

National Education Association of the United States.
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Title:

A desk for Billie.

Publisher:

[Washington, DC : National Education Association, 1957]

Format:

Film.

57 min.

Description:

Copyrighted

Documentary film version of Billie Crawford Davis's life. She was born into a family of migrant workers and found opportunity in schools across America. The film continues with her education and schooling through high school graduation. She later became a successful editor, writer, and lecturer. Through her fight to become a 'real person,' the film dramatizes the contribution of free public schools to the individual and to the Nation.

Subject:

Davis, Billie (Mrs. George H.).
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Education--United States.
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Public schools--United States.
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Date Cataloged:

04/25/2012


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