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Politics, disability, and education reform in the South : the work of John Eldred Swearingen

Janak, Edward A., 1970-

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\"Fashioned from a vast array of archival sources as well as secondary sources, newspapers, periodicals, family correspondence, and oral interviews, Politics, Disability, and Education Reform in the South: The Work of John Eldred Swearingen analyzes the political and educational contexts during which Swearingen fought to improve educational conditions for African-Americans, women, and the children of millworkers of the Palmetto State as State Superintendent of Education 1907-1922. Blinded in a hunting accident at 13, Swearingen became the first blind student admitted to the University of South Carolina, and became a successful teacher and politician. Fighting for equalized funding and desegregated schools put him in direct opposition with the Ku Klux Klan, the General Education Board, and Governor Coleman Blease. Swearingen's story lends itself to scholars of education and political science, as well as any reader with an interest in the intersections of race, gender, disability, politics and education\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: Swearingen, John Eldred, 1875-1957. / Education and state South Carolina History 20th century. / Educational change South Carolina History 20th century. / Segregation in education South Carolina History 20th century. / Discrimination in education South Carolina History 20th century. / School integration South Carolina History 20th century. / Educators South Carolina Biography. / School superintendents South Carolina Biography. / EDUCATION / Administration / General. / EDUCATION / History. / EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General. / EDUCATION / Organizations & Institutions.
• ISBN: 9781137484055, 1137484055

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