The cost of unity : African-American agency and education in the Christian Church, 1865-1914 /

The cost of unity : African-American agency and education in the Christian Church, 1865-1914 / Lawrence A.Q. Burnley.

"Like other Protestant organizations in the United States, the Christian Church was involved in the establishment of schools for African Americans in the South following the end of the Civil War. The most widely read books offering on interpretation of the history of this church tend to relegat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burnley, Lawrence A. Q.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, ©2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Voices of the African diaspora.
Subjects:
Disciples of Christ > History > 19th century.
Disciples of Christ > History > 20th century.
Concord > Religious aspects > Christianity > Case studies.
African Americans > Missions.
African Americans > Religion.
African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964.
African Americans > Education.
Educational change > United States > History.
United States > Race relations > History > 19th century.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Critical perspectives on education and school reform
  • Schooling, race, and the education of Blacks in the United States prior to 1865
  • The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) : origins and growth to 1865
  • Racial assumptions, attitudes, and the U.S. landscape, 1865-1914
  • Black literacy development and schooling within the Christian Church
  • African-American agency
  • Unity, education, and the nihilistic threat
  • For the sake of unity : a time to integrate and a time to separate.

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