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Book/Printed Material Common sense in common schooling : a sermon

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Title

  • Common sense in common schooling : a sermon

Summary

  • Crummell, pastor of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., from 1879 to 1898, spoke out for black liberation and founded the Negro Academy. He gives a critique of seeming trends in African American education, complaining about too much emphasis upon arts and letters at the expense of practical matters such as the trades and industrial arts. He also criticizes U.S. trade unions that exclude blacks and condemn them to life as servants.

Names

  • Crummell, Alexander, 1819-1898.
  • St. Luke's Episcopal Church (Washington, D.C.)
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C. : s.n., 1886]

Headings

  • -  African Americans--Education--Sermons
  • -  Education--Aims and objectives--Sermons
  • -  Episcopal Church--Sermons

Genre

  • Sermons--Washington (D.C.)--1886

Notes

  • -  Caption title.
  • -  "Preached Sunday morning, 13th September, 1886." -- P. [1].
  • -  LC copy has inscription in ink on p. [1]: Wash. D.C. 1886.

Medium

  • 15 p. ; 19 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. E, no. 3

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898114

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Crummell, Alexander, St. Luke'S Episcopal Church, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Common Sense in Common Schooling: A Sermon. [Washington, D.C.: s.n, 1886] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898114/.

APA citation style:

Crummell, A., St. Luke'S Episcopal Church & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1886) Common Sense in Common Schooling: A Sermon. [Washington, D.C.: s.n] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898114/.

MLA citation style:

Crummell, Alexander, St. Luke'S Episcopal Church, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Common Sense in Common Schooling: A Sermon. [Washington, D.C.: s.n, 1886] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898114/>.