Education for liberation : the American Missionary Association and African Americans, 1890 to the Civil Rights Movement / Joe M. Richardson and Maxine D. Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richardson, Joe Martin, author.

Jones, Maxine Deloris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American Missionary Association--History--20th century.

American Missionary Association.

American Missionary Association--History--19th century.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 287 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Education for Liberation completes the study Dr. Richardson published in 1986 as Christian Reconstruction: The American Missionary Association and Southern Blacks, 1861-1890 by continuing the account of the American Missionary Association (AMA) from the end of Reconstruction to the post-World War II era."-- Title details screen.

Contents:

1. Common Schools

2. Normal and Secondary Schools

3. Administration and Fund Collecting

4. "Houses of Refuge": Functional Education and Community Centers

5. "Temptation to Right Doing": The AMA and Public Schools

6. AMA Colleges, 1890-1950

7. Race Relations Department

Afterword

Notes:

Chronologically continues author's: Christian reconstruction.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-275) and index.

Description based on print version record and online resource.

Other Format:

Print version: Richardson, Joe Martin. Education for liberation.

ISBN:

0-8173-8245-3

OCLC:

966763023