NEGRO EDUCATION FOR AMERICAN LIVING; CALHOUN SCHOOL, THE WAY TO A BETTER FUTURE Part 1

Description

Documentary: On the Calhoun School, Lowndes County, Alabama, which is attended by Negro farm residents. Shows poorly managed farms and poverty conditions; children go to rural school. Portrait of Miss Charlotte R. Thorne, Caucasian foundress of Calhoun School; campus buildings; Dr. Jerome F. Kidder, Principal; classes include health instruction; campus life; students help to improve roads and local agricultural methods. Graduation ceremonies and dance. Mary McLeod Bethune, Director of Negro Affairs Division of Youth Administration, addresses graduates.

Collection

Harmon Foundation Collection

Series

Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups