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1	Resisting functional-critical divides : literacy education at Moor's Indian Charity School and Tuskegee Institute Gale, Sylvia 09 October 2012 (has links) This dissertation reconsiders the long-standing divide between skills-based, job-oriented approaches to education and liberal learning through in-depth archival studies of literacy education at two distinct educational institutions: Moor’s Indian Charity School, a seminary for Native American missionaries that operated in Connecticut in the mid-eighteenth century (and later became Dartmouth College), and Booker T. Washington’s Tuskegee Institute, founded in 1881, where African-American students were trained in agriculture, the trades, and domestic work. These are institutions where a functional approach to literacy education prevailed over what we might now recognize and label as more overtly critical lenses. As such, they exemplify, and thereby also illuminate, what are ongoing tensions between “critical literacies,” often deemed “liberating,” and “functional literacies,” often deemed “oppressive.” These tensions have had profound implications both for disciplinary histories of English Studies, in which literacy education within vocational contexts has largely been excised, and for contemporary adult literacy initiatives. Part One of this dissertation (Chapters Two and Three) reconstructs the language arts education provided at Moor’s Indian Charity School in the 1750s and 1760s, and then examines the pedagogical and rhetorical practices of two Moor’s students--Samson Occom and Joseph Johnson--who went on to become, among many other roles, literacy educators in various Native communities in Connecticut and New York. Considering literacy at and beyond Moor’s expands the ways we think about “functional” literacy, since in this case “functional” literacy included the linguistic and analytical skills needed to perform the duties of a minister and to advocate for the autonomy of Native communities. Part Two of this dissertation (Chapters Four and Five) documents the language arts curriculum at Tuskegee Institute in key years between the school’s founding in 1881 and Principal Booker T. Washington’s death in 1915, a period in which the active integration of the school’s academic and vocational tracks became a dominant (and dominating) principle. Such an approach had clear limitations, but it also allowed students to claim significant kinds of authority. The first and sixth chapters bring to light the contemporary implications of recognizing the intertwining of “functional” and “critical” literacy education at these historical sites. / text Moor's Indian Charity School Tuskegee Institute Literacy
2	Architectural education at Tuskegee Institute some observations and a potential direction : submitted in partial fulfillment ... Master of Architecture ... / Swickerath, James. January 1970 (has links) Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Michigan, 1970.
3	Architectural education at Tuskegee Institute some observations and a potential direction : submitted in partial fulfillment ... Master of Architecture ... / Swickerath, James. January 1970 (has links) Thesis (M. Arch.)--University of Michigan, 1970.
4	Resisting functional-critical divides literacy education at Moor's Indian Charity School and Tuskegee Institute / Gale, Sylvia. January 1900 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
5	The American “Civilizing Mission:” The Tuskegee Institute and its Involvement in African Colonialism Smith, Kenneth January 1900 (has links) Master of Arts / Department of History / Andrew Orr / Many historians believe that the United States did not play a major role in the European colonial affairs of Africa. The “civilizing mission” in Africa was largely a European matter that the United States did not have any involvement in and instead stayed out of African affairs. However, this is in fact not true. Industrial education was a new way of managing and “civilizing” African populations after the global end of slavery and the archetype of industrial education was in Tuskegee, Alabama at the Tuskegee Institute. The Tuskegee Institute was the pinnacle of industrial education. Students came not just from the United States, but from around the world as well to learn a trade or improved technologies in agriculture. It allowed students to attend the school for free in exchange for working the farms at the school and general upkeep while training them to be better farmers and tradesmen. On the surface, it offered an avenue for blacks to carve their own economic path. Implicitly, however, it did not offer African Americans and Africans a path towards upward mobility as it continued to relegate them to menial labor jobs and worked within the confines of the established racial hierarchy in which blacks were not granted the same opportunities as whites, in this instance it was education. This thesis argues that the Tuskegee Institute’s (now Tuskegee University) method of industrial education became an influential model for managing the African colonies via industrial education and that the United States was thus more involved in the “civilizing mission” than previously thought. The Tuskegee Institute first ventured into Africa when it assisted the German Colonial Government in Togo in establishing industrial education which helped to develop infrastructure and modern technology in the colony. Second, I examine Tuskegee’s role in Liberia as it established the Booker Washington Institute which is still in existence today. Lastly, I illustrate the diverse effects of the Tuskegee Model of education in Africa and how it correlated to Tuskegee education in the United States and how events in both Africa and the United States led to the collapse of the Tuskegee Model. cotton Tuskegee colonialism Africa industrial education African American
6	History Will Be My Judge: A Cultural Examination of America's Racial Tensions Presented Through the Symbolization of Booker T. Washington Keturah C Nix (8088539) 06 December 2019 (has links) <i> History Will Be My Judge: A Cultural Examination of America's Racial Tensions Presented Through the Symbolization of Booker T. Washington</i> is an interdisciplinary study about the emergence of Booker T. Washington as a black cultural hero. By the turn of the twentieth century, Washington had become the most prominent African American educator, economic reformer, entrepreneur, and race leader in the United States. He is most recognized as the founder of Tuskegee Institute (now University) and his highly acclaimed autobiography, <i>Up From Slavery</i>, which recounts his life growing up enslaved to becoming an international icon. Since his death in 1915, several monuments, memorials, landmarks, and commemorative tributes have been established in his honor. During the 1940s, Washington became the first African American pictured on the United States postage stamp and minted silver half-dollar. Additionally, he was spotlighted in a series of media campaigns called "Famous American Firsts," and was the first African American inducted into the Hall of Fame for Great Americans. Moreover, amidst the presidential transition between Barack Obama and Donald Trump, black popular media has alluded to Washington's economic philosophy through music videos, documentaries, and television programs. I argue that each of these posthumous commemorations belong to larger social justice movements, namely, the Civil Rights movement and Black Lives Matter movement. Throughout these eras, Washington's legacy has served to counter white supremacy and symbolize the rise of integration, the black middle class, economic justice, black self-made, black education, and the legacy of slavery.<div> The purpose of this study is to examine how during periods of racial unrest, African Americans leverage Booker T. Washington's image to counter racist stereotypes and reaffirm black citizenship. The primary framework applied in this study is William L. Van Deburg's theory of the <i>black cultural hero. </i>Two emergent theories from this research are my developing frameworks called <i>Black Hustle Theory</i> and <i>nostalgic tension</i>. Using literary and visual analysis, I assess historical archives from popular press, black literature, American memorabilia, and black popular culture to examine Washington's commemorative legacy through a black radical lens. Specifically, I explore how the following four people have connected Washington's legacy to the Civil Rights movement and Black Lives Matter movement: Major Richard Robert Wright, Sr., founder of Savannah State University; Langston Hughes, famed Harlem Renaissance poet and author; Stanley Nelson, award-winning producer; and, Beyonce Knowles-Carter, singer and pop mogul. I put Washington's legacy in conversation with each of these cultural producers to simulate a call-and-response between his lifework and the generations after him.<br><div><br></div></div> History Race and Ethnic Relations Booker T. Washington Langston Hughes Beyonce Knowles-Carter Major Richard Robert Wright, Sr. Tuskegee Civil Rights Movement Lemonade Black Lives Matter Tell Them We Are Rising HBCU black popular culture commemoration white supremacy W.E.B. Du Bois Stanley Nelson black cultural hero race racism Frederick Douglass Black Hustle Theory nostalgic tension Up From Slavery postage stamp self-made slavery economic justice
7	Man & Machine: A Narrative of the Relationship Between World War II Fighter Advancement and Pilot Skill Burnett, Brian, II 18 May 2023 (has links) No description available. Military History African American Studies American Studies Asian Studies Armed Forces Black History World History Technology Russian History Museum Studies Modern History History Higher Education European History European Studies Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Tomahawk Kittyhawk pilot training fighter plane World War II ww2 World War 2 tactics strategy messerschmitt bf-109 fw-190 focke-wulf Imperial Japanese ki-43 ki-27 dogfights maneuvers aerial development military history air force army air force United States Russian Luftwaffe tuskegee airmen

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