The Education of Ida Owens
- 2013
- 34m
Commemorating fifty years of racial integration, 'The Education of Ida Owens' follows Ida Owens from her upbringing in rural North Carolina to her years at Duke University, where she became ... Read allCommemorating fifty years of racial integration, 'The Education of Ida Owens' follows Ida Owens from her upbringing in rural North Carolina to her years at Duke University, where she became the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. When she reflects on the complicated c... Read allCommemorating fifty years of racial integration, 'The Education of Ida Owens' follows Ida Owens from her upbringing in rural North Carolina to her years at Duke University, where she became the first African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. When she reflects on the complicated cultural waters of her era, questions about identity, memory, and social activism surface. ... Read all