The Rosenwald Schools of the American South / Mary S. Hoffschwelle ; foreword by John David Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoffschwelle, Mary S., 1955-

Series:

New perspectives on the history of the South

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Julius Rosenwald Fund.

African Americans--Education--Southern States--History--20th century.

African Americans.

School buildings--Southern States--History--20th century.

School buildings.

Julius Rosenwald Fund--Buildings.

Buildings.

History.

African Americans--Education.

Southern States.

Physical Description:

xx, 401 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2006]

Contents:

Part I The Rosenwald School-Building Program

1 The Rosenwald-Washington Partnership, 1912-15 9

2 New Schools: The Rosenwald Rural School-Building Program at Tuskegee, 1914-20 48

3 Ideal Schools: The Julius Rosenwald Fund Rural School-Building Program at Nashville, 1920-27 86

4 Southern Schools and Race: New Leadership and the Demise of the Building Program, 1927-32 125

Part II Rosenwald Schools and Public Education in Southern States

5 Rosenwald Schools and the Professional Infrastructure for Black Public Education 163

6 Spreading the Rosenwald Message in Southern Education 192

Part III Rosenwald Schools in African American Communities

7 Local People and School-Building Campaigns 213

8 Building Schools, Contesting Meaning: Rosenwald Schools in the Southern Landscape 246

Conclusion: From Model Schools to Historic Schools: Rosenwald Schools after 1932 271

Appendix 1 Agents in Rosenwald School States 281

Appendix 2 Rosenwald Buildings, Capacity, and Funding 283

Appendix 3 Annual Rosenwald School Construction and Rosenwald Aid, 1913-32 285

Appendix 4 Types of Rosenwald Schools and Their Cost 287.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-391) and index.

ISBN:

0813029570

OCLC:

62741561

Publisher Number:

9780813029573