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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818481503321

Autore

Kennedy Thomas C (Thomas Cummins), <1937-2017>

Titolo

A history of Southland College : the Society of Friends and black education in Arkansas / / Thomas C. Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fayetteville, : University of Arkansas Press, 2009

ISBN

1-61075-001-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xii, 349 p., [16] p. of plates : ill

Disciplina

378.767/88

Soggetti

Society of Friends - United States - History

African Americans - Education (Higher) - Arkansas

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Not distributed; available at Arkansas State Library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- 1. Worlds Apart -- 2. Friends and Freedmen -- 3. The Curse of Slavery and War -- 4. The Bible and the Spelling Book -- 5. Trials and Triumphs -- 6. The End of the First Generation -- 7. From Miz' Clark to Jim Crow -- 8. A Troubled Decade -- 9. The Wolford Era -- 10. New Beginnings and Unhappy Endings -- 11. An Avenue of Great Service -- 12. The Guard Changes -- 13. Last Days -- Epilogue -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.