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Piney Woods School: An Oral History
by Harrison, Alferdteen
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This is the story of an extraordinary school in the piney woods of Mississippi and of the enduring people of Piney Woods Community who forged on against incredible odds to make a better world for themselves and their children. To these poor backwoods turn-of-the-century African Americans of Rankin County, Mississippi, Laurence C. Jones (1882-1975) brought the Booker T. Washington model of training African Americans to be good workers.
Because the school followed Jim Crow social codes and mirrored what were then expedient race relations in the South, Piney Woods School thrived without controversy and with encouragement from Mississippi whites. It served a noble purpose by opening its doors for the educational training of underprivileged rural African American students as well as for the visually and physically impaired of the state at a time when there was absolutely no other institution for them.
Piney Woods School: An Oral History is based upon a series of interviews with e
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Product Details
- University Press of Missi Brand
- Mar 1, 1983 Pub Date:
- 1578068762 ISBN-10:
- 9781578068760 ISBN-13:
- English Language
- 9 in * 0.49 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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