Constructing Black Education at Oberlin College: A Documentary H

Publisher: Ohio University Press (View Publisher's Titles)

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Binding: Hardcover

Pub Date: February 15, 2010 Annotation: 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. Oberlin's is not a story of unbroken progress, but rather of irony, of contradictions and integrity, of myth and reality, and of imperfections. Baumann takes readers directly to the original sources by including thirty complete documents from the Oberlin College Archives. This richly illustrated volume is an important contribution to the college's 175th anniversary celebration of its distinguished history, for it convincingly documents how Oberlin wrestled over the meaning of race and the destiny of black people in American society.