Download or read book Educating a Southern Rural Community written by Sylvia R. Gist and published by . This book was released on 1995-02-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EDUCATING A SOUTHERN RURAL COMMUNITY is a compelling 329-page documented history of forces that stimulated & stifled developments in schooling for Negroes in Holmes County, Mississippi, between 1870 & 1993. Being a native of the remote rural county, the author gives a first-hand account of how schooling emerged & developed for blacks in the area. Her formal elementary & secondary education spanned the spectrum of schooling for blacks in the rural South. She attended one-room Julius Rosenwald School that was originally established as a Negro Church School, a Vocational High School that was once designated a John D. Rockefeller Country Training School & a Negro Attendance Center that was so named to distinguish it from schools for Caucasians. Examining the impact of local, state national forces on education for Negroes in one rural county, this historical case study addresses many heretofore unaddressed questions about policies, person & processes that shaped schooling in the Deep South. To learn more about the intricacies of & forces other than radical discrimination that affected education for blacks in one southern community, order your copy today. The book is available for $33.95 from Productivity Unlimited Publishers P.O. Box 328, 2166 Highway 31 South, Pelham, Alabama 35124.