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From Cotton Field to Schoolhouse

Author : Christopher M. Span
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469601338
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book From Cotton Field to Schoolhouse written by Christopher M. Span and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years immediately following the Civil War--the formative years for an emerging society of freed African Americans in Mississippi--there was much debate over the general purpose of black schools and who would control them. From Cotton Field to Schoolhouse is the first comprehensive examination of Mississippi's politics and policies of postwar racial education. The primary debate centered on whether schools for African Americans (mostly freedpeople) should seek to develop blacks as citizens, train them to be free but subordinate laborers, or produce some other outcome. African Americans envisioned schools established by and for themselves as a primary means of achieving independence, equality, political empowerment, and some degree of social and economic mobility--in essence, full citizenship. Most northerners assisting freedpeople regarded such expectations as unrealistic and expected African Americans to labor under contract for those who had previously enslaved them and their families. Meanwhile, many white Mississippians objected to any educational opportunities for the former slaves. Christopher Span finds that newly freed slaves made heroic efforts to participate in their own education, but too often the schooling was used to control and redirect the aspirations of the newly freed.

From Cotton Fields to University Leadership

Author : Charlie Nelms
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253040183
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book From Cotton Fields to University Leadership written by Charlie Nelms and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The renowned leader in higher education provides “a testament to the power of aspiration, character and education to overcome poverty and adversity” (Michael L. Lomax, President & CEO, United Negro College Fund). Charlie Nelms had audaciously big dreams. Growing up black in the Deep South in the 1950s and 1960s, working in cotton fields, and living in poverty, Nelms dared to dream that he could do more with his life than work for white plantation owners sun-up to sun-down. Inspired by his parents, who first dared to dream that they could own their own land and have the right to vote, Nelms chose education as his weapon of choice for fighting racism and inequality. With hard work, determination, and the critical assistance of mentors who counseled him along the way, he found his way from the cotton fields of Arkansas to university leadership roles. Becoming the youngest and the first African American chancellor of a predominately white institution in Indiana, he faced tectonic changes in higher education during those ensuing decades of globalization, growing economic disparity, and political divisiveness. From Cotton Fields to University Leadership is an uplifting story about the power of education, the impact of community and mentorship, and the importance of dreaming big. “In his memoir, the realities of his life take on the qualities of a good docudrama, providing the back story to the development of a remarkable educational leader. His is ‘the examined life,’ filled with honesty, humor, and humility. While this is uniquely Charlie’s story, it is a story that will lift the hearts of many and inspire future generations of leaders.” —Betty J. Overton, Director, National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good

From Cotton Fields to University Leadership

Author : Charlie Nelms
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0253040191
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book From Cotton Fields to University Leadership written by Charlie Nelms and published by . This book was released on 2019-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie Nelms had audaciously big dreams. Growing up black in the Deep South in the 1950s and 1960s, working in cotton fields, and living in poverty, Nelms dared to dream that he could do more with his life than work for white plantation owners sun-up to sun-down. Inspired by his parents, who first dared to dream that they could own their own land and have the right to vote, Nelms chose education as his weapon of choice for fighting racism and inequality. With hard work, determination, and the critical assistance of mentors who counseled him along the way, he found his way from the cotton fields of Arkansas to university leadership roles. Becoming the youngest and the first African American chancellor of a predominately white institution in Indiana, he faced tectonic changes in higher education during those ensuing decades of globalization, growing economic disparity, and political divisiveness. From Cotton Fields to University Leadership is an uplifting story about the power of education, the impact of community and mentorship, and the importance of dreaming big.

From Cotton Field to University

Author : William Harmond Billings
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365159476
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book From Cotton Field to University written by William Harmond Billings and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from From Cotton Field to University: A History of Methodist University, 1956-2006 I inherited this project from Dr. Sue Kimball, a retired English professor; she was the first choice of an advisory committee to write the first history of Methodist College. After a year of basic research and note - taking, however, Dr. Kimball decided to step aside. Dr. Kimball gave me her notes and later on, her opinions of my early chapters, which she proofread and edited. She is a remarkable lady, and I value her friendship. Although I was trained to be a journalist and teacher, not a historian, I am honored that Dr. Hendricks thought I could do this. I want to personally thank him for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In my fifteen years as director of public relations for the College, I wrote hundreds of news and feature stories, press releases, and promotional materials for the College and took thousands of photographs. So the president knew what to expect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

From Cotton Fields to Board Rooms

Author : Joseph D. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781587364600
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (646 download)

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Download or read book From Cotton Fields to Board Rooms written by Joseph D. Greene and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moving from rural Georgia in 1959 with $35 saved from picking cotton and a high school diploma tucked away in his pocket, Joseph D. Greene embarked on a long journey in pursuit of success. His first stop landed him a job with an insurance company as a door-to-door salesman. After a long string of promotions, he became executive vice president/chief marketing officer and a member of the company's board of directors. He continued his education while enjoying an astounding fast-track career, earning a bachelor's and master's degree. The author's commitment to public service would lead to a series of firsts. He became the first African-American elected to public office in McDuffie County, Georgia when he was elected to the county's board of education. He would become the first African-American to sit on dozens of governing boards. He would eventually become chairman of Georgia's University System Board of Regents, presiding over the state's thirty-four colleges and universities. Today, in addition to teaching at Augusta State University, Greene serves as a director of the Georgia Council on Economic Education, conducts financial-planning workshops, and publishes articles on finance and economics. Joseph Greene's triumph over poverty and adversity will inspire you to look at your own life and ask if you've done everything you can to pursue your own dreams, be the best you can be, and give back to your community.

From Cotton Field to Schoolhouse

Author : Christopher M. Span
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807832901
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book From Cotton Field to Schoolhouse written by Christopher M. Span and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the years immediately following the Civil War_the formative years for an emerging society of freed African Americans in Mississippi_there was much debate over the general purpose of black schools and who would control them. From Cotton Field to Scho

How I Got Out of the Cotton Fields

Author : Raymon E. Crawford
Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781482344974
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (449 download)

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Download or read book How I Got Out of the Cotton Fields written by Raymon E. Crawford and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-02-18 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How I Got Out of the Cotton Field is easy to read--hard to put down. Dr. Raymon Crawford adroitly uses vivid language to weave a remarkable story of a triumphant spirit that is victorious despite heartbreaking challenges. His words paint colorful images that breathe life onto the pages of the book—we smell the aroma of the sweet potatoes roasted in the fireplace as we do the pungent odor of the outhouse—we close our eyes and feel the cool breeze created by the cracks in the walls of the un-insulated house and strain to see by the dim kerosene lamp—we taste Grandma Kelly's scrumptious pinto beans and cornbread—we take the journey with him. Raymon takes the reader on a vicarious journey to the cotton fields of North Carolina, many of us recall, as he wishes, our own cotton fields—we are inspired! We appreciate the fact that there is nothing subtle about the lessons Raymon wants us to glean—in true educator style he enumerates them and as a seasoned military leader, he “commands” us (with his riveting account) to read more, and more, until we reach the end of this compelling book. We learn the lessons. The book is much more than a simple chronology of the writer's journey from the cotton fields of North Carolina to the halls of academia—some of the most Prestigious American colleges and to the corridors of the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense—the Pentagon. It takes each reader on an enthralling trek into the depth of the human spirit.

Cotton Fields No More

Author : Gilbert C. Fite
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081318469X
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Cotton Fields No More written by Gilbert C. Fite and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No general history of southern farming since the end of slavery has been published until now. For the first time, Gilbert C. Fite has drawn together the many threads that make up commercial agricultural development in the eleven states of the old Confederacy, to explain why agricultural change was so slow in the South, and then to show how the agents of change worked after 1933 to destroy the old and produce a new agriculture. Fite traces the decline and departure of King Cotton as the hard taskmaster of the region, and the replacement of cotton by a somewhat more democratically rewarding group of farm products: poultry, cattle, swine; soybeans; citrus and other fruits; vegetables; rice; dairy products; and forest products. He shows how such crop changes were related to other developments, such as the rise of a capital base in the South, mainly after World War II; technological innovation in farming equipment; and urbanization and regional population shifts. Based largely upon primary sources, Cotton Fields No More will become the standard work on post-Civil War agriculture in the South. It will be welcomed by students of the American South and of United States agriculture, economic, and social history.

From the Texas Cotton Fields to the United States Tax Court

Author : Mary Theresa Vasquez
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781641058209
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (582 download)

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Download or read book From the Texas Cotton Fields to the United States Tax Court written by Mary Theresa Vasquez and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-07 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the life of the first Hispanic American appointed to serve on the United States Tax Court. An educational and inspirational story of a professional career, the book is accessible to lawyers and laypersons of all ages.

From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill

Author : Holland Thompson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330780466
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill written by Holland Thompson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill: A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina The author has spent the greater part of his life in the section described. While liv ing in a rapidly growing mill town ten years ago, the sight of scores of wagons transferring scanty household goods from farmhouses to factory tenements awakened his interest in the sudden transformation of farmers into factory operatives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill

Author : Holland Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill written by Holland Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thompson's thesis looks at life prior to the Civil War when slavery and farms or plantations were the way of life and compares it to after the Civil War. The paper looks at the rise of mills, particularly cotton, and the effects on farms as many moved to mill towns where adults and children found jobs. Also looks at the change in living standards and accepted abodes for homes, the impact of mills on everyday life, employee and employer relationships, African Americans in the work force with whites, children in the workforce, and even comapares wages and cost of items with those in the North.

From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill; A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina - Scholar's Choice Edition

Author : Holland Thompson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781296374549
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book From the Cotton Field to the Cotton Mill; A Study of the Industrial Transition in North Carolina - Scholar's Choice Edition written by Holland Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Cotton Fields and Skyscrapers

Author : David R. Goldfield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780801839467
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Cotton Fields and Skyscrapers written by David R. Goldfield and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Cotton and Race in the Making of America

Author : Gene Dattel
Publisher : Government Institutes
ISBN 13 : 1442210192
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Cotton and Race in the Making of America written by Gene Dattel and published by Government Institutes. This book was released on 2009-09-16 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the earliest days of colonial America, the relationship between cotton and the African-American experience has been central to the history of the republic. America's most serious social tragedy, slavery and its legacy, spread only where cotton could be grown. Both before and after the Civil War, blacks were assigned to the cotton fields while a pervasive racial animosity and fear of a black migratory invasion caused white Northerners to contain blacks in the South. Gene Dattel's pioneering study explores the historical roots of these most central social issues. In telling detail Mr. Dattel shows why the vastly underappreciated story of cotton is a key to understanding America's rise to economic power. When cotton production exploded to satiate the nineteenth-century textile industry's enormous appetite, it became the first truly complex global business and thereby a major driving force in U.S. territorial expansion and sectional economic integration. It propelled New York City to commercial preeminence and fostered independent trade between Europe and the United States, providing export capital for the new nation to gain its financial "sea legs" in the world economy. Without slave-produced cotton, the South could never have initiated the Civil War, America's bloodiest conflict at home. Mr. Dattel's skillful historical analysis identifies the commercial forces that cotton unleashed and the pervasive nature of racial antipathy it produced. This is a story that has never been told in quite the same way before, related here with the authority of a historian with a profound knowledge of the history of international finance. With 23 black-and-white illustrations.

Working Cotton

Author : Sherley Anne Williams
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780152996246
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Working Cotton written by Sherley Anne Williams and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1992 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young black girl relates the daily events of her family's migrant life in the cotton fields of central California.

From Cotton Fields to Medicine

Author : Dr. Hazel Coley-Greene M.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1514411660
Total Pages : 103 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book From Cotton Fields to Medicine written by Dr. Hazel Coley-Greene M.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-10-28 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of forty-four, my mother set out to accomplish what no other American woman of color had achieved at her ageto graduate and receive a doctorate of medicine and surgery from the Universite Lobre de Bruxelles, Belgium. She walked two and a half miles daily from the cotton fields to a one-room school that housed grades one through seven taught by one teacher. But it was her thirst of knowledge that would sustain her and carry her to a great adventure across the Atlantic. We hope that the content of these pages will inspire many other young persons to strive and become whatever they wish to become, overcoming any obstacles and defying all odds.

The Quarters and the Fields

Author : Damian Alan Pargas
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813059070
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book The Quarters and the Fields written by Damian Alan Pargas and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2010-11-28 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Quarters and the Fields offers a unique approach to the examination of slavery. Rather than focusing on slave work and family life on cotton plantations, Damian Pargas compares the practice of slavery among the other major agricultural cultures in the nineteenth-century South: tobacco, mixed grain, rice, and sugar cane. He reveals how the demands of different types of masters and crops influenced work patterns and habits, which in turn shaped slaves' family life. By presenting a broader view of the complex forces that shaped enslaved people's family lives, not only from outside but also from within, this book takes an inclusive approach to the slave agency debate. A comparative study that examines the importance of time and place for slave families, The Quarters and the Fields provides a means for understanding them as they truly were: dynamic social units that were formed and existed under different circumstances across time and space.