Black Education in Alabama, 1865-1901

By Robert G. Sherer

Explains and describes the development of black private and public, elementary, secondary, normal, and collegiate education in Alabama from emancipation to 1901

The study of education in Alabama is especially important in understanding black education throughout the United States since the most famous black school, Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee Institute, is located in Alabama and began as a state teachers' training school. A history of black education in Alabama provides a test case of the frequently assumed dominance of Booker T. Washington and his plan of "industrial'' or vocational training in black education.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817351450
• ISBN13: 9780817351458
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.0"