Builders of Goodwill: The Story of State Agents of Negro Education in the South 1910 to 1950 (Inscribed First Edition)

Smith, S.L.

Published by Tennessee Book Company, 1950

About this Item

Inscribed First Edition, First Printing of this detailed discussion of the progressive state agents program for Black schools in the segregated South of the first half of the 20th Century by a leading figure in Tennessee education, S.L (Samuel Leonard) Smith. Smith, a noted designer of rural schools including one-room schools, was the director of the Southern Office of the Julius Rosenwald Fund, a major initiative to support school construction with a major focus on Black education. Warmly inscribed by S.L. Smith (to his dentist) on the front endpaper. Cloth, 185 pages, illustrated. No dust jacket. Has light edge wear and a bit of tanning of the page edges.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Builders of Goodwill: The Story of State Agents of Negro Education in the South 1910 to 1950 (Inscribed First Edition)
• Publisher: Tennessee Book Company
• Publication Date: 1950
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)