Building Racial Tolerance Through Education: The Fisk University Race Relations Institute, 1944-1969
Sanders, Katrina Marie
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Description
Title
Building Racial Tolerance Through Education: The Fisk University Race Relations Institute, 1944-1969
Author(s)
Sanders, Katrina Marie
Issue Date
1997
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Anderson, James D.
Department of Study
Education
Discipline
Education
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
History, Black
Language
eng
Abstract
This study concerns Fisk University's efforts to address the racial tensions of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. Inspired by the racial tensions of the 1940s, Fisk sociologist Charles Spurgeon Johnson combined his expertise in race relations with the American Missionary Association and the Julius Rosenwald Fund to form the Fisk University Race Relations Institute. Johnson hoped that the Institute would serve as a vehicle to address racially-based issues and promote civil rights. This study shows that unlike the Southern grass-roots movements which educated and utilized the oppressed themselves to seek social changes, the Institute relied on sociological research, scholars, and educated leaders to stimulate those changes. This study contributes significantly to the current discussion of efforts made for social justice prior to the famed Civil Rights Era.
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