Permission to Remain Among Us: Education for Blacks in Oberlin, Ohio, 1880-1914

ISBN-13: 9780897898676 Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated Publication date: 12/30/2002 Pages: 160 Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d) Waite details the history of the community of Oberlin, Ohio, which demonstrated a commitment to the education of blacks during the antebellum period that was rare at the time. By the end of Reconstruction, however, black students at Oberlin were becoming segregated, and events at the college influenced the rest of the community, with neighborhoods, houses of worship, and social interaction becoming segregated. Waite suggests that Oberlin's history mirrors the story of race in America.The decision to admit black students to Oberlin College, and offer them the same curriculum as their white classmates, challenged the notion of black intellectual inferiority that prevailed during the antebellum period. Following the model of the college, the public schools of Oberlin were integrated in direct opposition to state laws that forbade the education o