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1 online resource (xx, 418 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-404) and index. |
| Contents |
Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: OBERLIN-A COLLEGE AND A CAUSE; Chapter 1: ORIGINAL COMMITMENTS TO BLACK EDUCATION, 1833-35; Chapter 2: BUILDING AN INTERRACIAL SOCIETY, 1835-75; Gallery 1; Chapter 3: MODERATING THE OBERLIN TRADITION, 1875-1959; Chapter 4: RECLAIMING EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY, 1960-85; Gallery 2; Chapter 5: MOVING TOWARD MULTICULTURALISM, 1985-PRESENT; EPILOGUE; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
In 1835 Oberlin became the first institute of higher education to make a cause of racial egalitarianism when it decided to educate students "irrespective of color." Yet the visionary college's implementation of this admissions policy was uneven. In Constructing Black Education at Oberlin College: A Documentary History, Roland M. Baumann presents a comprehensive documentary history of the education of African American students at Oberlin College. Following the Reconstruction era, Oberlin College mirrored the rest of society as it reduced its commitment to b. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Oberlin College -- History.
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Oberlin College. |
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History. |
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Oberlin (Ohio) -- College. |
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African Americans -- Education -- History -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Education. |
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19th century |
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African Americans -- Education -- History -- 20th century.
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20th century |
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College integration -- Ohio -- Oberlin.
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College integration. |
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Ohio -- Oberlin. |
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1800-1999 |
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Geschichte 1835-2007. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Baumann, Roland M. Constructing Black education at Oberlin College. Athens : Ohio University Press, ©2010 9780821418871 (DLC) 2009028715 (OCoLC)320802303 |
| ISBN |
9780821443637 (electronic book) |
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0821443631 (electronic book) |
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9780821418871 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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0821418874 (hc ; alkaline paper) |
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