Black congregations funded white-run colleges yet still lost control over where support went

Evidence

The rivalry between black and white colleges existed in Texas and Virginia as well. Guadalupe College, founded in 1884 by the black Baptists in Texas, was a source of racial conflict for the remainder of the decade. The ABHMS had established Bishop College in Marshall, Texas, in 1881, but the black convention, desirous of educational facilities in other parts of the state, established Guadalupe College in Seguin. Controversy arose when the ABHMS refused to support more than one college per state. The society’s sole support of Bishop was an affront to blacks, since they supported both schools. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 291

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Black congregations financed their own women’s higher education institutions — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 128; White-run black colleges simultaneously assimilated and challenged racism and sexism — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 157; Black Baptist agitation forced limited structural concessions from white-dominated mission schools — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent: The Women’s…, 255 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Denominational white control pushed college-educated blacks toward separatism #corroborates (0.82) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 283
• Black institutions arose because white supremacy excluded blacks from civic life #expands (0.78) — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Democracy in Black, 342
• White churches tolerated black presence in outreach roles but panicked at black worship participation #corroborates (0.74) — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 157