scholarly journals A History of Oberlin College: From its Foundation through the Civil War

1943 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 426
Author(s):  
Merle Curti ◽  
Robert Samuel Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oberlin College

The Segregation of Black Students at Oberlin College after Reconstruction

2001 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 344-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cally L. Waite
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Black Students ◽  
Black Families ◽  
Important Place ◽  
Educational History ◽  
College Curriculum ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oberlin College ◽  
One Year

The community of Oberlin, Ohio, located in the northeast corner of the state, holds an important place in the history of the education of Black Americans. In 1834, one year after its founding, the trustees of Oberlin College agreed to admit students, “irrespective of color.” They were the only college, at that time, to adopt such a policy. Oberlin's history as the first college to admit Black students and its subsequent abolitionist activities are crucial to the discussion of Black educational history. Opportunities for education before the Civil War were not common for most of the American population, but for Blacks, these opportunities were close to nonexistent. In the South, it was illegal for Blacks to learn to read or write. In the North, there was limited access to public schooling for Black families. In addition, during the early nineteenth century there were no Black colleges for students to attend. Although Bowdoin College boasted the first Black graduate in 1827, few other colleges before the Civil War opened their doors to Black students. Therefore, the opportunity that Oberlin offered to Black students was extraordinarily important. The decision to admit Black students to the college, and offer them the same access to the college curriculum as their white classmates, challenged the commonly perceived notion of Blacks as childlike, inferior, and incapable of learning.

scholarly journals A History of Oberlin College from its Foundation Through the Civil War

1944 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 501
Author(s):  
Leyton E. Carter ◽  
Robert Samuel Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oberlin College

scholarly journals A History of Oberlin College: From Its Foundation through the Civil War

1945 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 273
Author(s):  
Arthur C. Cole ◽  
Robert Samuel Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Oberlin College
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