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Permission to Remain Among Us - Education for Blacks in Oberlin, Ohio, 1880-1914 (Hardcover)
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Permission to Remain Among Us - Education for Blacks in Oberlin, Ohio, 1880-1914 (Hardcover)
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Waite details the history of the community of Oberlin, Ohio, which
demonstrated a commitment to the education of blacks during the
antebellum period that was rare at the time. By the end of
Reconstruction, however, black students at Oberlin were becoming
segregated, and events at the college influenced the rest of the
community, with neighborhoods, houses of worship, and social
interaction becoming segregated. Waite suggests that Oberlin's
history mirrors the story of race in America. The decision to admit
black students to Oberlin College, and offer them the same
curriculum as their white classmates, challenged the notion of
black intellectual inferiority that prevailed during the antebellum
period. Following the model of the college, the public schools of
Oberlin were integrated in direct opposition to state laws that
forbade the education of black children with public funds. However,
after Reconstruction (1877), the nation tried to negotiate the
future of a newly freed and barely educated people. In Oberlin,
this change was evidenced by the gradual segregation of black
students at the college. In the community, newly segregated
neighborhoods, houses of worship and social interaction took hold
in the former interracial utopia. The country looked to Oberlin as
a model for integrated education at the end of the 19th century
only to find that it, too, had succumbed to segregation. This study
examines why, and focuses on the intersection of three national
issues: the growth of the black church, increased racism and
discrimination, and the transformation of higher education.
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