You are not signed in. Sign in.

List Books: Buy books on ListBooks.org

The White Architects of Black Education: Ideology and Power in America, 1865-1954 » (1st Edition)

Book cover image of The White Architects of Black Education: Ideology and Power in America, 1865-1954 by William Watkins

Authors: William Watkins
ISBN-13: 9780807740422, ISBN-10: 080774042X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Date Published: March 2000
Edition: 1st Edition

Find Best Prices for This Book »

Author Biography: William Watkins

Book Synopsis

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction1
Pt. IHistorical Context
1Toward a Political Sociology of Black Education9
2"Scientific" Racism24
Pt. IIArchitects of Accommodation
3General Samuel Chapman Armstrong43
4The Social, Racial, and Educational Ideas of Professor Franklin H. Giddings62
5The Phelps Stokes Family, Friends, and Fund: Adventures in Philanthropy81
6Thomas Jesse Jones: "Evil Genius of the Black Race"98
7Rockefellers and Their Associates: For the "Promotion of Education Without Distinction of Race, Sex, or Creed"118
8Ogden and Baldwin: Northern Businessmen in Negro Education136
9J. L. M. Curry161
Conclusion: Thoughts and Afterthoughts179
References185
Supplementary Readings193
Index201
About the Author208

Subjects