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ERIC Number: EJ317764
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1985
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"They Are My People." Black American Missionary Association Teachers in North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Jones, Maxine D.
Negro Educational Review, v36 n2 p78-89 Apr 1985
Describes the involvement of Blacks in the American Missionary Association's attempts in the 1860s to educate and elevate former slaves. Chronicles Black teachers' enthusiasm and devotion despite racism within and without the organization, in which Blacks were kept in lower positions and the question of integrated housing was especially controversial. (RDN)
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Education, Black History, Black Teachers, Civil War (United States), Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Discrimination, Reconstruction Era, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina
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