African American schools in the segregated South faced enormous obstacles in educating their students. But some of these schools succeeded in providing nurturing educational environments in spite of the injustices of segregation. Vanessa Siddle Walker tells the story of one such school in rural North Carolina; the Caswell County Training School; which operated from 1934 to 1969. She focuses especially on the importance of dedicated teachers and the principal; who believed their jobs extended well beyond the classroom; and on the community's parents; who worked hard to support the school. According to Walker; the relationship between school and community was mutually dependent. Parents sacrificed financially to meet the school's needs; and teachers and administrators put in extra time for professional development; specialized student assistance; and home visits. The result was a school that placed the needs of African American students at the center of its mission; which was in turn shared by the community. Walker concludes that the experience of CCTS captures a segment of the history of African Americans in segregated schools that has been overlooked and that provides important context for the ongoing debate about how best to educate African American children. African American History/Education/North Carolina
#2617370 in Books Kristen Layne Anderson 2016-04-18 2016-04-18Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.00 x 1.25 x 6.25l; .0 #File Name: 0807161969272 pagesAbolitionizing Missouri German Immigrants and Racial Ideology in Nineteenth Century America Antislavery Abolition and the Atlantic World Hardcover
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Recommended by The Immigrants' Civil WarBy Patrick YoungFor 125 years the German Immigrant Civil War experience was almost entirely ignored by historians. The only excuse for this negligence was the lack of foreign language knowledge by American-educated scholars. That neglect is finally ending. Abolitionizing Missouri: German Immigrants and Racial Ideology in Nineteenth-Century America by Kristen Layne Anderson published by Louisiana State University Press (2016) is part of a belatedly growing library of books that examine the German-language sources from the 1850s and 1860s exposing the complex world of the German diaspora in America.Germans tipped the scales for the Union in the most populated state west of the Mississippi. While German immigrants made up only 9% of Missouri’s white population; they accounted for 36% of Union soldiers from that state. Author Kristen Layne Anderson provides the context behind German Missourians’ shifting political affiliation from the Free Soil Democrats to the Republican Party and their divisions in the mid-1860s between moderate Republicanism and Radicalism. The slow turn of German immigrants away from continued reforms in race relations makes for a disheartening ending for the story of the most progressive element in white Missouri society.0 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Joe R.excellent
