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This seminar focuses on education in the American South during the Jim Crow Era, which lasted from the end of Reconstruction until the Civil Rights Era. This class will use history and science education as examples showcasing the South’s unique status in American educational history, but it will also examine the wider cultural and historical context of the Jim Crow South and white supremacy, including African American experiences. It also discusses efforts at ”industrial education” as a proposed solution to the region’s endemic poverty. The course will also touch on the experiences of segregation and responses to integration, concluding with the rise of private ”segregation academies” during the 1960s.
This course will use English-language literature. Students are expected to write a paper or sit for an exam on a historical topic.
- Lehrende/r: Nicholas Johnson