APPENDIX
Making a Way: Ulysses Byas, First Black School Superintendent in the Southeast, and His Fight for Educational Reform
APPENDIX
Some Documents Related to the Work of Ulysses Byas in Macon County, Alabama.
Ulysses Byas’s credo.
Letter appointing Ulysses Byas to the office of Macon County Superintendant of Schools. See p. 37.
Telegram opposing appointment of Byas as
Documents related to the administration of Macon County
In this news release, Byas explained in detail the fact that most of the school funding came from the federal government, not from local taxes.
Byas always spoke up for African American
Correspondence with Congressmen Floyd Hicks and Charles
Documents related to the FCC investigation of Alabama Educational Television and its
Affidavit related to Byas’s FCC
The FCC investigation in process. See pp. 76–79.
Demand that a portion of salary be returned to the state. See p. 82.
Results from the long audit. See pp. 80–83.
Recommendations from the 1976
At the end, some dreams went unfulfilled, but many people appreciated what Byas had done.
Byas’s thoughts about a new high school. See 101.
