A higher mission : the careers of Alonzo and Althea Brown Edmiston in central Africa /

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"In this vital transnational study, Kimberly D. Hill critically analyzes the colonial history of central Africa through the perspective of two African American missionaries: Alonzo Edmiston and Althea Brown Edmiston. The pair met and fell in love while working as a part of the American Presbyte...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hill, Kimberly D., 1980- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2020]
Series:New directions in southern history.
Subjects:
Edmiston, A. L. > (Alonzo Lmore), > 1879-1954.
Edmiston, Althea Brown, > 1874-1937.
Edmiston, Althea Brown, > 1874-1937
American Presbyterian Congo Mission.
American Presbyterian Congo Mission
African American missionaries > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Missions > Educational work > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Education > Congo (Democratic Republic) > History.
African American universities and colleges > Influence.
Kuba (African people) > Missions.
Missionnaires noirs américains > Congo (République démocratique)
Missions > Travail d'éducation > Congo (République démocratique)
Éducation > Congo (République démocratique) > Histoire.
Universités noires américaines > Influence.
Kuba (Peuple d'Afrique) > Missions.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Missions > Educational work
Education
African American missionaries
History
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Education Goals throughout the Edmistons' Career
  • Industrial Education and Symbolic Home Building in the Congo Free State, 1898-1907
  • Congo Missionaries and the Perpetuation of Manual Labor,1908-1936
  • Specific Educational and Ministry Strategies
  • Implementing Historically Black Education Strategies at the Presbyterian Congo Mission, 1918-1919
  • Neighbors Recognizing and Redefining Identities in the Belgian Congo, 1916-1935
  • On the Perimeter of Two Freedom Struggles, 1930-1936
  • Conclusion: Changes in Colonial Politics and School Policies, 1936-1963.

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