| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 418 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: OBERLIN-A COLLEGE AND A CAUSE; Chapter 1: ORIGINAL COMMITMENTS TO BLACK EDUCATION, 1833-35; Chapter 2: BUILDING AN INTERRACIAL SOCIETY, 1835-75; Gallery 1; Chapter 3: MODERATING THE OBERLIN TRADITION, 1875-1959; Chapter 4: RECLAIMING EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, 1960-85; Gallery 2; Chapter 5: MOVING TOWARD MULTICULTURALISM, 1985-PRESENT; EPILOGUE; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In 1835 Oberlin became the first institute of higher education to make a cause of racial egalitarianism when it decided to educate students "irrespective of color." Yet the visionary college's implementation of this admissions policy was uneven. In Constructing Black Education at Oberlin College: A Documentary History, Roland M. Baumann presents a comprehensive documentary history of the education of African American students at Oberlin College. Following the Reconstruction era, Oberlin College mirrored the rest of society as it reduced its commitment to b |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-404) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Oberlin College -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Oberlin College fast |
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Oberlin (Ohio) -- College. swd |
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African Americans -- Education -- History -- 19th century
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African Americans -- Education -- History -- 20th century
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College integration -- Ohio -- Oberlin
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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HISTORY -- General.
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African Americans -- Education
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College integration
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Ohio -- Oberlin
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Schwärze
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780821443637 |
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0821443631 |
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