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The problem of this study has been to prepare a History of the Education of Negro Teachers in the North Carolina State Normal Schools for Negroes by a thorough study of the Biennial Reports of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to the Governor of the state, and other pertinent material from 1877 to 1943, Histories of each of the teacher-training institutions supported by the state that are now in existence have been given. In addition, attempts have been made to make comparisons of the Normal Schools for Negroes in North Carolina with those of similar standing in other states, and of the Negro teacher with the White teacher of this state. It is hoped that this manuscript will provide students,teachers, and others interested in the education of the Negro teacher a history of what actually has been accomplished for these instructors in the State Normal Schools from the date of their establishment to It also is hoped that the reader may give a clear idea of the progress made in the training of the Negro teacherd with that of the White teacher. the present time. The writer wishes to thank personally the many persons who have assisted him la writing this manuscript. Without their aid the writing of this Thesis would have been impossible. The writer particularly wishes to express his thanks and appreciation to Dr. R. L. Hilldrup for the help given him in revising, rewording, and correcting mistakes made in the paper and for his assistance in gathering material used in the Thesis. He also wishes to acknowledge the advice of Dr. Hilldrup in the seminar courses taken under his guidance. The writer of this paper desires to express his thanks to N. C. Newbold, Director of Race Relations, in Raleigh, and to the various Normal Schools for material sent to him on this subject. Lastly, but not least, the writer is ever grateful to his wife, Novella J. Brown, for her encouragement and for her assistance in proof reading and the typing. She and his two daughters, Nina Louise and Gwendolyn, have been sources of inspiration, and without this the writer ought not have written this Thesis. |
