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Size | 10 items |
Abstract | Oliver R. Pope of Rocky Mount, N.C., was president, 1932-1934, of the North Carolina Negro Teachers Association and a member of a commission appointed by the governor to study problems of African American schools in North Carolina in 1934. The collection includes letters, 1933-1934, of Oliver R. Pope, relating to the creation of a commission to study African American education in North Carolina. Correspondents are Kemp D. Battle, attorney of Rocky Mount, N.C.; John C. B. Ehringhaus, governor of North Carolina; and N. C. Newbold, director of the State Division of Negro Education. |
Creator | Pope, Oliver R. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English. |
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Oliver R. Pope of Rocky Mount, N.C., was educated at Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C.; at Columbia and Northwestern universities; and at the University of Chicago. Pope worked in the public schools of Rocky Mount, 1912-1949, and was for many years principal of Booker T. Washington High School in Rocky Mount. He was president, 1932-1934, of the North Carolina Negro Teachers Association and a member of a commission appointed by the governor to study problems of African American schools in North Carolina in 1934.
Back to TopThe collection includes letters, 1933-1934, of African American educator Oliver R. Pope relating to the creation of a commission to study African American education in North Carolina. Correspondents are Kemp D. Battle, attorney of Rocky Mount, N.C.; John C. B. Ehringhaus, governor of North Carolina; and N. C. Newbold, director of the State Division of Negro Education.
Back to TopLetters, 1933-1934, of Oliver R. Pope relating to the creation of a commission to study African American education in North Carolina. A letter, December 1933, from Pope to "fellow teachers" lists the "chief problems which confront Negro education in North Carolina." This list appears later as the list of topics for study by a commission created by the governor the following summer. Other letters concern Pope's appointment to the commission and arrangements for meetings. Correspondents are Kemp D. Battle, attorney of Rocky Mount, N.C.; John C. B. Ehringhaus, governor of North Carolina; and N. C. Newbold, director of the State Division of Negro Education.
Folder 1 |
Letters, 1933-1934 |