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Michael Todd Bernard – ProQuest LLC, 2023
African Americans have long been serious about education. Even when education was denied to black Americans through law, custom, and physical violence, blacks exerted relentless self-determination in the pursuit of literacy. The black church, because of its growth in size, power, and influence, became the logical institution for assisting blacks…
Descriptors: African Americans, Black Colleges, Church Role, Churches
Williams, Lawrence H. – 1987
A cultural history of Simmons University from 1879 to 1930 is presented, based primarily on original records, including slave narratives, school annuals, denominational minutes, and newspapers. The account is also a cultural study of black Baptists, especially in their Kentucky denominational institution. This black-owned and controlled school of…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black History, Black Leadership, Church Related Colleges