A historical analysis of the impact of selected teachers on education for blacks in coastal South Carolina, 1862 to 1970

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Linda D. Addo (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Advisor
John Van Hoose

Abstract: The purpose of' this study was to present s historical analysis of the impact of selected teachers in black elementary and secondary schools in coastal South Carolina and to examine the question: How was the development of elementary and secondary education in coastal South Carolina for blacks affected, encouraged, and sustained by selected black and White teachers from 1862 to 1970? Subsidiary questions raised and examined in the study were: (1) What was the political, social, and economic environment in which these teachers had to work? (2) To what extent did their roles as teachers and leaders represent a type of social adaptation to a working and living environment complicated by traditional structures? (3} How did philanthropic foundations affect the endeavors of these teachers? and (4) To what extent did these teachers see education as a vehicle for liberation?

Additional Information

Publication
Dissertation
Language: English
Date: 1988
Subjects
African Americans $x Education (Elementary) $z South Carolina $x History
African Americans $x Education (Secondary) $z South Carolina $x History
African Americans $x Social conditions $y To 1964
African Americans $x Social conditions $y 1964-1975

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