Schools for all : the Blacks & public education in the South, 1865-1877 / / William Preston Vaughn

• Autore: Vaughn William Preston
• Pubblicazione: Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1974; ©1974
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Disciplina: 370/.975
• Soggetto topico: African Americans - Education - Southern States - History
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Bibliography: p. 161-173.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The Entering Wedge; 2. Southern White Reaction; 3. Southern Public Schools & Integration; 4. Desegregation of Schools in Louisiana; 5. Integration in Public Higher Education; 6. Congress & Integration; 7. The Peabody Fund & Integration; Bibliographical Essay; Index ; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
• Sommario/riassunto: Schools for All provides the first in-depth study of black education in Southern public schools and universities during the twelve-year Reconstruction period which followed the Civil War. In the antebellum South, the teaching of African Americans was sporadic and usually in contravention to state laws. During the war, Northern religious and philanthropic organizations initiated efforts to educate slaves. The army, and later the Freedmen's Bureau, became actively involved in freed-men's education. By 1870, however, a shortage of funds for the work forced the bureau to cease its work, at which
• Titolo autorizzato: Schools for all
• ISBN: 0-8131-6491-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Egiziano
• Record Nr.: 9910787479703321
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