{"product_id":"the-education-of-blacks-in-the-south-18601935","title":"The Education of Blacks in the South  1860-1935","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames Anderson critically reinterprets the history of southern black education from Reconstruction to the Great Depression. By placing black schooling within a political  cultural  and economic context  he offers fresh insights into black commitment to education  the peculiar significance of Tuskegee Institute  and the conflicting goals of various philanthropic groups  among other matters.  Initially  ex-slaves attempted to create an educational system that would support and extend their emancipation  but their children were pushed into a system of industrial education that presupposed black political and economic subordination. This conception of education and social order -- supported by northern industrial philanthropists  some black educators  and most southern school officials -- conflicted with the aspirations of ex-slaves and their descendants  resulting at the turn of the century in a bitter national debate over the purposes of black education. Because blacks lacked economic and political power  white elites were able to control the structure and content of black elementary  secondary  normal  and college education during the first third of the twentieth century. Nonetheless  blacks persisted in their struggle to develop an educational system in accordance with their own needs and desires.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44948480720949,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807842214","price":40.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807842218.jpg?v=1770809989","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-education-of-blacks-in-the-south-18601935","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}