Black Education at Oberlin College: A Controversial Commitment.

Horton, James Oliver

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Publication Date: 1985

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Black Education at Oberlin College: A Controversial Commitment.

Horton, James Oliver

Journal of Negro Education, v54 n4 p477-99 Fall 1985

Focuses on Oberlin College's commitment to Black education and the individuals who have helped sustain that commitment since 1835. Traces the school's fluctuating racial climate and its responses to the changing racial conventions of the wider society. Reports that Blacks played a crucial role in maintaining Oberlin's liberal tradition. (KH)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Students, College Desegregation, College Planning, Educational History, Higher Education, Liberalism, Racial Attitudes, Racial Integration, Racial Relations

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Language: English

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