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Their Highest Potential: An African American School Community in the Segregated South

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African American schools in the segregated South faced enormous obstacles in educating their students. But a few of these schools succeeded in providing nurturing educational environments despite the injustices of segregation. Vanessa Siddle Walker tells the story of one such school in rural North Carolina, the Caswell County Training School, which operated from 1934 to 1969. She focuses especially on the importance of dedicated teachers and the principal, who believed their jobs extended well beyond the study room, and on the community’s parents, who worked hard to toughen the school. Consistent with Walker, the relationship between school and community was once mutually dependent. Parents sacrificed financially to meet the school’s needs, and teachers and administrators put in overtime for professional development, specialized student assistance, and home visits. The result was once a school that placed the needs of African American students on the center of its mission, which was once in turn shared by the community. Walker concludes that the experience of CCTS captures a segment of the history of African Americans in segregated schools that has been lost sight of and that provides important context for the ongoing debate about how best to educate African American children. African American History/Education/North Carolina

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