The Star Creek Papers
Author | : Horace Mann Bond |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 082031904X |
ISBN-13 | : 9780820319049 |
Rating | : 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Download or read book The Star Creek Papers written by Horace Mann Bond and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Horace and Julia Bond moved to Louisiana in 1934, they entered a world where the legacy of slavery was miscegenation, lingering paternalism, and deadly racism. The Bonds were a young, well-educated, and idealistic African American couple working for the Rosenwald Fund, a trust established by a northern philanthropist to build schools in rural areas. They were part of the "Explorer Project," sent to investigate the progress of the school in the Star Creek district of Washington Parish.