Black Education in Alabama, 1865-1901
224 pages, 9 x 6
Paperback
Release Date:11 Aug 2009
ISBN:9780817351458
Black Education in Alabama, 1865-1901
SERIES:
Library of Alabama Classics
University of Alabama Press
Explains and describes the development of black private and public, elementary, secondary, normal, and collegiate education in Alabama from emancipation to 1901
The study of education in Alabama is especially important in understanding black education throughout the United States since the most famous black school, Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute, is located in Alabama and began as a state teachers’ training school. A history of black education in Alabama provides a test case of the frequently assumed dominance of Booker T. Washington and his plan of "industrial'' or vocational training in black education.
The study of education in Alabama is especially important in understanding black education throughout the United States since the most famous black school, Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute, is located in Alabama and began as a state teachers’ training school. A history of black education in Alabama provides a test case of the frequently assumed dominance of Booker T. Washington and his plan of "industrial'' or vocational training in black education.
'Sherer . . . views black education from an enlightening perspective. Since public education is organized around state aid and legislation, his approach allows Sherer to trace the role of state legislation and administrative policy and analyze efforts of black educators to lobby for various measures. . . . Well executed.'
—American Historical Review
'A model for future research.'
—History
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