An important historical document detailing the twenty-five year history and community impact of the Negro Rural School Fund, also known as the Jeanes Foundation. Endowed in 1907 by Quaker philanthropist Anna T. Jeanes and shaped with the direct assistance of Booker T. Washington, the fund was groundbreaking for its era, featuring a rare racially integrated board of trustees that included Washington himself.
The volume serves as an essential record of the "Jeanes Teachers," a network of predominantly African American women who traveled across the segregated American South to improve rural black schoolhouses, advance teacher training, upgrade community public health, and advocate for black educational advancement within the constraints of the Jim Crow system. An irreplaceable text related to early twentieth-century African American education.
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[Booker T. Washington] Wright, Arthur D. and Edward E. Recay. The Negro Rural School Fund, Inc. (Anna T. Jeanes Foundation) 1907-1933. A Record of the Establishment of the Fund, a Sketch of its Donor, the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Board of Trustees from 1908 to 1932, and the Policies Developed Under the Directions of the Board of Trustees. Wahington, D. C. The Negro Rural School Fund, Inc. 1933. 176pp.
Good - to fair in original wraps, stains on wraps, some stains extending into text generally impacting only the first dozen or so pages and from there becoming negligible. A couple of tears without loss. Generally solid.
