Prince Fellows 2018/2019 Research
Presentation Type
Event
Full Name of Faculty Mentor
Jack Roper
Major
History
Minor
Southern Studies Minor
Presentation Abstract
In Horry and Georgetown counties during the early to mid-1950s (so called Jim Crow Era of segregation) schools were created to educate white and black students on different levels. Since Jim Crow was the organizing principle for such exclusionary public educational policy, the study inevitably becomes political and involves some concept of agency, or struggle to avoid victimhood and be as autonomous as possible. Many of these schools dedicated to the black community were one room or very small. These schools were not given the same resources as regular state-funded institutions. Nevertheless, teachers and students created a sense of 'agency' for the entire community. We have researched in local museums, interviewed students of schools, and graduates of all black schools. Our goal is to preserve their history before it is forgotten and provide these alumni with a tribute to their education.
Course
HIST492-01
Location
Brittain Hall, Room 114
Start Date
16-4-2019 3:20 PM
End Date
16-4-2019 3:40 PM
Disciplines
History
Recommended Citation
Stone, Brandon; McCracken, Tyler; Bibb, Jacqueline; Camby, Kiersten; White, Tamaray; and Wood, Katlin, "Prince Fellows 2018/2019 Research" (2019). Undergraduate Research Competition. 58.
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/ugrc/2019/oral/58
Prince Fellows 2018/2019 Research
Brittain Hall, Room 114
In Horry and Georgetown counties during the early to mid-1950s (so called Jim Crow Era of segregation) schools were created to educate white and black students on different levels. Since Jim Crow was the organizing principle for such exclusionary public educational policy, the study inevitably becomes political and involves some concept of agency, or struggle to avoid victimhood and be as autonomous as possible. Many of these schools dedicated to the black community were one room or very small. These schools were not given the same resources as regular state-funded institutions. Nevertheless, teachers and students created a sense of 'agency' for the entire community. We have researched in local museums, interviewed students of schools, and graduates of all black schools. Our goal is to preserve their history before it is forgotten and provide these alumni with a tribute to their education.