Download or read book My Education at Piney Woods School written by Doris James and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 104 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 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. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book My Education at Piney Woods School written by Doris James and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Piney Woods School An Oral History written by and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of an extraordinary school in the piney woods of Mississippi and of the enduring people of Piney Woods Community who forged on against incredible odds to make a better world for themselves and their children. To these poor backwoods turn-of-the-century African Americans of Rankin County, Mississippi, Laurence C. Jones (1882-1975) brought the Booker T. Washington model of training African Americans to be good workers. Because the school followed Jim Crow social codes and mirrored what were then expedient race relations in the South, Piney Woods School thrived without controversy and with encouragement from Mississippi whites. It served a noble purpose by opening its doors for the educational training of underprivileged rural African American students as well as for the visually and physically impaired of the state at a time when there was absolutely no other institution for them. Piney Woods School: An Oral History is based upon a series of interviews with e
Download or read book The Evolution of the Educational Mission of the Piney Woods Country Life School and the Culture of the School and how it Affects Its Students written by Angela McShepard Carr and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The International Sweethearts of Rhythm written by Antoinette D. Handy and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1998-10-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a popular women's jazz band of the 1940s, has earned a reputation as the 'best all-women's swing band ever to perform.' This revised and updated edition provides fascinating reading for jazz enthusiasts and students of American history, music, and women's history. It is the most comprehensive and objective history of the band to date. Handy documents all sides of the band's controversial story and interviews members of the band. She updates the careers of band members who remained in the music business. Accompanied by an extensive bibliography and many photographs.
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Download or read book Pictoral History of the Piney Woods Country Life School written by Laurence C Jones and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Piney Woods Country Life School in Mississippi was a groundbreaking educational institution that provided African American youth with an opportunity to receive a quality education and build a better future for themselves and their communities. Through historic photographs and archival materials, this book offers a glimpse into the school's early years and celebrates its 40th anniversary. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of education, civil rights, and African American culture. 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 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. 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.
Download or read book 40 Acres and a Mule written by Shelton James and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When slaves were set free, forty acres and a mule were promised to the slaves on the plantation. The "40 acres" was the land on the plantation, while "the mule" was the physical body that did the work. Back when Black men were slaves on forty acres of land, you could grow cotton, beans, corn, and wheat. Today, however, on forty acers of land, one could build a billion-dollar football stadium or basketball arena. The physical body code word, (the mule) represent eighty percent African American football and basketball players currently playing today. This book gives a generational consumption of the rebirth of the plantation.
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Download or read book It s Cotton Blossom Time written by S. Earl Wilson III and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: S. Earl Wilson III is the author of eight books prior to this one. All his previous books, with the exception of two, have been fiction. In this book, this Mississippi writer, a Morehouse College graduate, pens a uniquely loveable and humorous recollection of the travels and adventures of the renowned Cotton Blossom Singers of the Piney Woods School of Piney Woods, Mississippi, during the fifties. Here, he invites you to travel along, sing, endure the hardships and pain, and rejoice in the success of these six special young girls as they pave the road for the benefit of others. This story is not a must-read––it is a should-read. You’ll be elated if you do and sorry if you don’t!
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Download or read book Mississippi Mind written by Gayle Graham Yates and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many Americans, the civil rights movement of the 1960s marked a watershed that was not only political and social in character but deeply personal as well.
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