Pursuing a promise a history of african americans at georgia southern university hardcover november 27 2006 by f erik brooks phd author see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. In statesboro georgia two schools coexisted one white and the other black yet these schools were intertwined by their geographical location and the traditions of the segregated south there are many glaring similarities between the white students of georgia southern universitys forerunner the first district am school and the black students of the statesboro industrial and high school. Pursuing a promise a history of african americans at georgia southern university f erik brooks this is a story about the defeats victories struggles and developments of blacks at georgia southern university jacket. Edition 1 ed external identifier urnoclcrecord1035682269 foldoutcount 0 identifier isbn 9780881460186 identifier ark ark 13960 t0ps1vc4h invoice 1213 isbn 0881460184 9780881460186 lccn 2006006612 ocr abbyy finereader 110 openlibrary edition ol8173540m openlibrary work ol8587713w page progression lr pages 266 ppi 300 republisher date . While first district am became a regional university statesboro industrial and high school was downgraded to a junior high school in 1961 integration on the higher education level at georgias flagship university captured national attention few works if any have examined deseg regation in the context of non flagship universities likewise there is a misguided mythology that