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

NEGRO EDUCATION FOR AMERICAN LIVING; CALHOUN SCHOOL, THE WAY TO A BETTER FUTURE 1940 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. Production Series , Title: Negro Schools in American Education Dates , This item was produced or created in 1940. The creator compiled or maintained the parent series, Motion Picture Films on Community and Family Life, Education, Religious Beliefs, and the Art and Culture of Minority and Ethnic Groups, between ca. 1930–ca. 1953. General Notes , Credits: Photog. Kenneth F. Space. Sound , Audiovisual record(s) in this item are silent. Access: Unrestricted , Use: Possibly Restricted , Use of these archival materials may be restricted for the following reason: Copyright , Although all rights were conveyed to the U.S. Government on July 26, 1967, proprietary rights or existing copyright in footage obtained from other sources by the Harmon Foundation may exist. Subjects and References 4 . This section contains 4 list items. Copy…

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1942
- By: National Archives
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/h-hf-178)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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