Dangerous Donations: Northern Philanthropy and Southern Black Education, 1902-1930 (Volume 1)

Annotation Eric Anderson and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., offer a new examination of the impact of northern philanthropy on southern black education, giving special attention to the "Ogden movement," the General Education Board, the Rosenwald Fund, and the Episcopal American Church Institute for Negroes. Anderson and Moss present significant reinterpretations of key figures in African American education, including Booker T. Washington, William H. Baldwin, Jr., George Foster Peabody, and Thomas Jesse Jones. Dangerous Donations explores both the great influence of the philanthropic foundations and the important limitations on their power. White racial radicals were suspicious that the northern agencies sought to undermine the southern system of race relations, "training negroes in the vain hope of social equality with whites." This criticism forced the philanthropists and their agents to move cautiously, seeking white southern cooperation whenever possible. Despite repeated compromises, northern philanthropists maintained a vision of race relations and black potential significantly different from that held by the South's white majority. Blacks challenged the foundations, expressing their own educational agendas in a variety of ways, including demands for black teachers, resistance to any distinctive racial curricula, and, in some cases, support for independent black schools. The millions of dollars in self-help philanthropy contributed by African Americans also indicated their refusal to give complete control of their schools to either the white South or distant philanthropists in the North. No other scholars, according to Louis R. Harlan, "have examined the controversial role of philanthropy with the same coolness, analytical skill, and persistent search for the truth as Eric Anderson and Alfred Moss. . . [they] have made an outstanding contribution to the history of education for both races in the segregated South of 1900 to 1930." Annotation Eric Anderson & Alfred A. Moss, Jr., Demonstrate The Profound Influence Of Such Foundations As The Southern Education Board, The Rosenwald Fund, & The General Education Board. The Impact Of These Organizations' Activities Reached Far Beyond The Particular Schools They Supported. Their Decisions Influenced The Contributing Patterns Of Individual Donors & Other Organizations With An Interest In Black Education, As Well As The Emerging Systems Of Public Funding For Blacks In Southern States. These Agencies Helped Shape U.s. Race Relations, With Sometimes Surprising Implications For Public & Cultural Values. Dangerous Donations Explores The Important Limitations On The Power Of These Foundations & Their Agents. The Northern Philanthropies Had To Move Cautiously & Conservatively, Seeking The Cooperation Of Southern Whites Whenever Possible. They Believed African Americans Could Not Be Excluded From Education & Must Be Prepared For Productive Participation In The South-whatever Its Social System-for The Safety Of The Region & The Nation As A Whole. Blacks Challenged The Foundations, Expressing Their Own Agendas Through Resistance To Policies Of The Northern Agencies. The Millions Of Dollars Contributed By African Americans To Schools For Blacks Reflected Their Refusal To Give Complete Control Of Their Schools To The White South Or To Distant Philanthropists In The North. Annotation Dangerous Donations Explores The Important Limitations On The Power Of These Foundations And Their Agents. The Northern Philanthropies Had To Move Cautiously And Conservatively, Seeking The Cooperation Of Southern Whites Whenever Possible. They Believed African Americans Could Not Be Excluded From Education And Must Be Prepared For Productive Participation In The South -- Whatever Its Social System -- For The Safety Of The Region And The Nation As A Whole. Foreword / By Louis R. Harlan. -- Acknowledgments. -- Introduction. -- The African American Agenda For Education. -- Ogdenism And Its Enemies. -- The Education Of A Philanthropist: William H. Baldwin, Jr., 1898-1905. -- The General Education Board's Choices. -- The Founding Of The American Church Institute For Negroes, 1906-1914. -- The Triumph Of The South: Robert W. Patton And The Acin. -- The Transformation Of Northern Philanthropy For Black South. Eric Anderson And Alfred A. Moss, Jr. ; With A Foreword By Louis R. Harlan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 223-238) And Index. "Eric Anderson and Alfred A. Moss, Jr., offer a new examination of the impact of northern philanthropy on southern black education, giving special attention to the "Ogden movement," the General Education Board, the Rosenwald Fund, and the Episcopal American Church Institute for Negroes. Anderson and Moss present significant reinterpretations of key figures in African American education, including Booker T. Washington, William H. Baldwin, Jr., George Foster Peabody, and Thomas Jesse Jones."--BOOK JACKET. "Dangerous Donations explores both the great influence of the philanthropic foundations and the important limitations on their power."--BOOK JACKET. Dangerous Donations Explores The Important Limitations On The Power Of These Foundations And Their Agents. The Northern Philanthropies Had To Move Cautiously And Conservatively, Seeking The Cooperation Of Southern Whites Whenever Possible. 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