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Product Identifiers
PublisherButler Center for Arkansas Studies
ISBN-101945624027
ISBN-139781945624025
eBay Product ID (ePID)236699100
Product Key Features
Book TitleJoseph Carter Corbin : Educator Extraordinaire and Founder of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Number of Pages170 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2017
TopicUnited States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), General, Higher, History, Educators, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Education, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorGladys Turner Finney
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-056321
SynopsisHaving operated now for more than 140 years, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) was founded in 1875 as Branch Normal College by Joseph Carter Corbin, a native of Ohio and the son of former slaves. Corbin, who had a classical education, was the first African American superintendent of public education in Arkansas and literally built the school from the ground up. There was a desperate need for teachers in Arkansas, as there was a great desire for education by former slaves who had been prohibited from learning to read and write. Corbin himself cleared the land that would soon house the college and then set about to create a school that would produce the first African American teachers following the Reconstruction years. For almost three decades, he worked tirelessly on behalf of Arkansas's black community to meet the need for educators. In the early days, Corbin worked both as the president and the janitor so that he could control costs and keep the school going. He often waived matriculation fees and other expenses to allow impoverished students the opportunity to graduate and become qualified to teach throughout Arkansas. Although he might not have realized it at the time, Corbin was a member of the so-called aristocrats of color, the African American elite of national prominence and a group that included such luminaries as Booker T. Washington. Corbin was a true giant in the history of education in Arkansas. His story, told by a former UAPB student, is monumental for the scope of what one man was able to accomplish.
LC Classification NumberLA2317.C634165F56
