Black Baptist colleges blended classical, moral, religious, and industrial training

Evidence

Baptist College in Little Rock announced that the school had begun its eighth session on 3 October 1892. The school offered courses at three levels: Grammar School, Academic, and College. College courses reflected the classical curriculum, but included courses in moral and religious training as well as industrial training. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 1226

Categorization

• XREF: The curriculum mix (classical plus moral/industrial training) directly evidences the educational infrastructure behind the politics of respectability. — connects to: Black Baptists pursued education as group empowerment, not just personal advancement — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 118; Black Baptist women made education the race’s central hope through moral suasion and fund-raising — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 316; Historically Black colleges were founded to train servants and docile cheap labor. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The…, 838 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Historically Black colleges were founded to train servants and docile cheap labor. #complicates (0.85) — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 838
• Black Baptist women made education the race’s central hope through moral suasion and fund-raising #expands (0.80) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 316
• Black Baptists pursued education as group empowerment, not just personal advancement #expands (0.78) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 118