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Bauml, Michelle; Davis, O. L., Jr. – American Educational History Journal, 2008
The first two decades of the 20th century breathed a spirit of progressivism into American life. This freshened sense of possibility extended few social and political benefits to Southern African Americans and their impoverished schools. Several Northern influential philanthropists and their foundations initiated and funded multi-year programs in…
Descriptors: African American Students, African American Children, Rural Schools, Rural Population
Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
Gloucester, Massachusetts, is about 25 to 75 years behind in the school building program. In the meantime social, industrial, and educational conditions have changed greatly, and it is now a serious menace to the welfare of the children of Gloucester and its coming citizenship that modern school facilities are not provided. Moreover, the people of…
Descriptors: Construction Programs, School Buildings, School Community Relationship, Educational Facilities Improvement