{"product_id":"piney-woods-school-an-oral-history-paperback","title":"Piney Woods School: An Oral History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlferdteen Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRoland Freeman\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of an extraordinary school in the piney woods of Mississippi and of the enduring people of Piney Woods Community who forged on against incredible odds to make a better world for themselves and their children. To these poor backwoods turn-of-the-century African Americans of Rankin County, Mississippi, Laurence C. Jones (1882-1975) brought the Booker T. Washington model of training African Americans to be good workers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause the school followed Jim Crow social codes and mirrored what were then expedient race relations in the South, Piney Woods School thrived without controversy and with encouragement from Mississippi whites. It served a noble purpose by opening its doors for the educational training of underprivileged rural African American students as well as for the visually and physically impaired of the state at a time when there was absolutely no other institution for them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePiney Woods School: An Oral History\u003c\/i\u003e is based upon a series of interviews with e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story of an extraordinary African American school in Rankin County, Mississippi, that served underprivileged, rural, and handicapped black students during the Jim Crow era\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlferdteen Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e was a professor of history and director of the Margaret Walker Alexander National Research Center at Jackson State University. She also cofounded the Smith Robertson Museum and Cultural Center, the first museum in Mississippi to focus on African Americans in the state. She is author or editor of multiple books, including \u003ci\u003eBlack Exodus: The Great Migration from the American South\u003c\/i\u003e, published by University Press of Mississippi. She continues as a prominent advocate for the documentation and preservation of African American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 196\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1983\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50375470088429,"sku":"9781578068760","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/q_NGCXVVLI9781578068760.webp?v=1785564504","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/piney-woods-school-an-oral-history-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}