Permission to Remain Among Us Education for Blacks in Oberlin, Ohio, 1880-1914

Subjects:

• Education » Educational Foundations
• Multicultural Studies » Black Studies

Reviews:

• Permission to Remain Among Us has much to offer historians, sociologists, and higher education professionals. The case of Oberlin is a reminder that racially integrated education has always been subject to tolerances (that is, the degree to which one may deviate from a standard), even at institutions now perceived to be early "models" of integration. At Oberlin, those tolerances were both derived from and driven by localism, institutional factors, and historical events. At both Oberlin and Berea, the admission and rejection of Black students was dependent on religious, political, and economic parameters. Waite's deftly nuanced history of education for Blacks at Oberlin during the Progressive Era effectively synthesizes institutional history and case study, inviting comparison and reinterpreting primary sources within a lively narrative. It is, simply, a very good read.
  —Educational Studies 2004
• Cally Waite has put together a very interesting look at Oberlin College and its long history of educating African Americans. The book provides the reader with a good general background of education in Ohio and the difficult task of getting Ohioans to accept the notion of higher education for African Americans.
  —Ohio History Winter-Spring 2004
• [W]aite has written an accessible, engaging, and provocative study that raises and answers important questions on topics that contiue to challenge our institutions of higher education.
  —The History of Education Quarterly 2004

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• The Evangelical Vision
• Championing a New Cause
• A Nation of Change
• The "Modern" Oberlin
• Segregation Finds a Home
• Epilogue
• Appendices
• Index