The Female Talented Tenth carried middle-class values directly into poor black households

Evidence

Women worked extensively throughout black communities and directly with poor and uneducated households. Students at Hartshorn College became an influential force in Richmond after organizing the society “Home Workers.” The Hartshorn women went from house to house throughout the city’s black neighborhoods, teaching literacy through religious lessons and distributing second-hand clothing to needy families.”? The students, like their sisters in the other Home Mission schools, led “industrial schools,” which taught a variety of skills to black women and children of all ages. These schools sprang up throughout the South in churches and private homes. Sewing classes were those most often conducted. The industrial schools afforded the poor an opportunity to clothe themselves and their families, while gathered in a setting that promoted fellowship, self-help, and intellectual development. — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 233

Categorization

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Broader Connections

• The Talented Tenth simultaneously attacked caste and disciplined the black masses #expands (0.88) — Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 209