"Facts Every Alabamian Should Know."
Leaflet issued by the Joint Committee of Women's Organizations, Alabama Division, Department of School Patrons of the National Education Association. It argues for both compulsory school attendance laws and the right of local taxation to fund schools in the state. The text cites high illiteracy...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/13128 |
| Summary: | Leaflet issued by the Joint Committee of Women's Organizations, Alabama Division, Department of School Patrons of the National Education Association. It argues for both compulsory school attendance laws and the right of local taxation to fund schools in the state. The text cites high illiteracy rates, comparing Alabama to the rest of the country. The focus is on white children alone, though fears of a growing educated African American population are addressed: "Only six States have no form of compulsory education. Alabama is one of them. Why? Largely because we so stubbornly glue our eyes on a barely POSSIBLE FUTURE DANGER that MIGHT come from educating a few more negroes than those thousands already in school that we have utterly blinded ourselves to the PRESENT AND CERTAIN DANGER OF LETTING OUR OWN OFFSPRING GROW UP IN SHAMEFUL IGNORANCE." |
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