Berea College: An Illustrated History

ISBN-13: 9780813123790 Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Publication date: 03/03/2006 Pages: 264 Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d) Age Range: 18 Years The motto of Berea College is "God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth," a phrase underlying Berea's 150-year commitment to egalitarian education. The first interracial and coeducational undergraduate institution in the South, Berea College is well known for its mission to provide students the opportunity to work in exchange for a tuition-free quality education. The founders believed that participation in manual labor blurred distinctions of class; combined with study and leisure, it helped develop independent, industrious, and innovative graduates committed to serving their communities. These values still hold today as Berea continues its legendary commitment to equality, diversity, and cultural preservation and, at the same time, expands its mission to include twenty-first-century concerns, such as ecologi