African Americans--Education
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Colleges and Universities: Bethesda Normal and Industrial College, 1905 November 9
File — Box 38: Series Series 3
Identifier: Series 3
Scope and Contents
One item: Letter from Munson A. Havens of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerca to President Frost of Berea College seeking information about the Bethesda Normal and Industrial College of Lexington, Kentucky, 1905 November 9. (Photocopy)
Dates:
1905 November 9
Education: Piney Woods School
File — Box 74: Series Series 4
Identifier: Series 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.
Dates:
1900 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2010
Prince Edward County Students at Berea collection
Collection
Identifier: RG 13-13.39
Abstract
This small study collection contains information about a 1959-1965 American Friends Service Committee program that helped African American students from Prince Edward County, Virginia, continue their education while their local public schools were shut down. The closure of all public schools in Prince Edward County was an attempt to avoid school desegregation as required by the 1954 United States Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education. Berea...
Dates:
1959 - 2005