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Alexander Faculty Member 1968 - 1969
The respect of the teaching profession before integration.
Before integration, segregated black schools served a valuable symbolic role in the African-American community. Although they disagreed on educational philosophy, education itself was central to both Booker T. Washington's and W.E.B. Du Bois' plans for achieving racial equality, and this role was reflected in the way that community members treated schools. (For instance)When Mr. Kelly's' shop class lacked the necessary equipment and supplies, parents stepped in, donating "tools, hammers, squares, things they weren't using." Local brick masons, painters, and carpenters donated their time to teach students the skills they would use to achieve, in Washington's philosophy, economic independence. Further, as one of the few professional occupations open to well-educated blacks, teaching was well-respected in the community, and successful graduates of schools frequently returned to the community to teach the next generation. Because schools were viewed by community members as so integral not only to the future of their pupils but to the greater future of the community and the race, teachers, students, and administrators all received the utmost respect from the community.
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