African Americans -- Education
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Alabama Center for Higher Education Teaching Materials
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4994
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of four educational teaching folders produced by the Black American Program under the Alabama Center for Higher Education’s CEMBA initiative. The folders were created in the 1970s to support high school and college instruction in African American history, particularly in the context of Alabama’s social and political developments. Each illustrated folder (measuring 8.75 x 13.75 inches) contains a themed booklet and between eight and eleven facsimiles of historical...
Dates:
1979
Autobiographical Letter from John Fee to Frederic Howe
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4887
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a six-page autographed, autobiographical letter, written by John G. Fee and sent on October 30, 1849, from the Cabin Creek Post Office in Lewis County, Kentucky. The document is addressed to American inventor and manufacturer, Frederic Howe, in Danvers, Massachusetts, and describes Fee's life in Kentucky. It notes his beliefs about slavery, threats of mob violence, and his separation from his family and other white Kentuckians. In addition to noting his separation...
Dates:
1849-10-30
Calhoun School Promotional Brochure
Collection
Identifier: MSS-5026
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a four-page promotional brochure issued circa 1937 by the Calhoun School in Lowndes County, Alabama. Printed on a single folded sheet, the brochure outlines the school’s mission to improve the lives of African Americans in the region through industrial, agricultural, and academic education. It describes the dire conditions in the area, such as poor housing, depleted soil, limited employment, etc., and presents the school’s efforts to combat these issues by...
Dates:
ca. 1937
Hillcrest School Farm Promotional Pamphlet
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4822
Scope and Contents
This promotional pamphlet, titled A Problem and a Solution, was produced ca. 1920s to publicize the Hillcrest School Farm, an industrial training school for African Americans located near Nashville, Tennessee.Sections include: “Facts from Negro History,” “The Negro in Slavery,” “The Negro Freed,” “Progressing,” “Religion,” “Negro Education,” “The Farm the Negro’s Salvation,” “The Hillcrest Idea,” “The Corporation,” and “All Can Help.” A key feature...
Dates:
1920
Our Georgia Family Issue
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4956
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the October 1965 issue of Our Georgia Family, the official journal of the Georgia Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers (GCCPT). The journal states the objects and creed of the organization on the inside of its cover. Contents include a prayer, a message from president Blanche Baldwin, and a list of officers and past presidents. In addition to projects and news that might be of interest to GCCPT members, articles focus on...
Dates:
1965-10
Thurlow J. Wright Letter to His Sister Caroline
Collection
Identifier: MSS-5072
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a four-page letter signed by Thurlow Joseph Wright, dated September 7, 1863, and written from the “Contraband Camp” in Memphis, Tennessee. Wright, a U.S. Army surgeon who would later serve with the 64th United States Colored Troops, writes to his sister Caroline Wright in Cincinnati. The letter discusses military life, pay issues, and weather, but its most significant content is Wright’s detailed account of the African American school at the contraband...
Dates:
1863-09-07
William Hooper Councill Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4854
Scope and Contents
This small but significant collection consists of six items related to the life, work, and public reception of William Hooper Councill (1848–1909), a formerly enslaved man who became one of Alabama’s most prominent African American educators and the founding president of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Alabama A&M University). The materials span approximately 1900 to 1906 and include:A typed letter signed by Councill to Oscar W. Adams, editor of the ...
Dates:
1890 - 1906