A historical investigation into the political and ideological foundations of the "miseducation of the Negro" in America. This timely and provocative volume explores the men and ideas that helped shape educational and societal apartheid from the Civil War into the new millennium This work is a political investigation into the historical and ideological foundations of black education. It situates black education within the context of America's rise to corporate-industrial power in the latter half of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th century. Series Foreword ix William Ayers Therese Quinn Foreword xi Robin D. G. Kelley Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1(2) Overview of Book 3(3) Politicizing Black Education 6(3) PART I: HISTORICAL CONTEXT Toward a Political Sociology of Black Education 9(15) Ideology and Education in the Industrial Order 9(6) Reform and Charity in Race Philanthropy 15(3) Corporate Philanthropy: Making Public Policy 18(4) Educating Blacks: Power, Politics, and Reality 22(2) ``Scientific'' Racism 24(19) An Overview of ``Scientific'' Racism 24(11) The Eugenics Movement 35(4) Scientific Racism and Black Education: Retrospects and Prospects 39(4) PART II: ARCHITECTS OF ACCOMMODATION General Samuel Chapman Armstrong 43(19) Early Life 45(2) The Hampton Institute 47(5) Armstrong on Politics, Race, and Education 52(8) Armstrong's Legacy 60(2) The Social, Racial, and Educational Ideas of Professor Franklin H. Giddings 62(19) Early Years 62(1) Influence of Herbert Spencer 63(1) On the Social Order 64(5) Joining the Physical World to Political Sociology 69(1) On Capitalism and Competition 70(2) On Race, Society, and Public Policy 72(5) On Education 77(2) Giddings's Impact 79(2) The Phelps Stokes Family, Friends, and Fund: Adventures in Philanthropy 81(17) Toward a New Philanthropy 82(1) Charity Ideology: A Family Portrait 83(4) Introducing James G. Phelps Stokes: Missionary Ideologist 87(3) The Phelps Stokes Fund 90(1) Anson Phelps Stokes, Jr.: Aristocrat, ``Yalie,'' Reverend 91(7) Thomas Jesse Jones: ``Evil Genius of the Black Race'' 98(20) Comes a Welshman: The Early Years 98(1) The Emergent Social Science Movement 99(2) Forming an Ideology: The Further Education of Thomas Jesse Jones 101(4) The Hampton Experience 105(4) On to the Phelps Stokes Fund 109(2) Exploring a Decade of Jones's Writings 111(3) DuBois's Opposition to Jones 114(2) Thomas Jesse Jones: ``Champion'' of Negro Education or Colonial Educator? 116(2) Rockefellers and Their Associates: For the ``Promotion of Education Without Distinction of Race, Sex, or Creed'' 118(18) John D. Rockefeller, Sr. 119(1) Rockefeller Junior: Expanding Family Horizons 120(3) Frederick T. Gates 123(2) Dr. Wallace Buttrick 125(2) The General Education Board 127(6) The Rockefellers in Negro Education and New Philanthropy 133(3) Ogden and Baldwin: Northern Businessmen in Negro Education 136(25) Robert Curtis Ogden: ``The Unofficial Statesman'' 136(8) The Conferences for Education in the South 144(5) Ogden and Black Education 149(5) William Henry Baldwin: Racial and Racist Educator 154(5) Concluding Observations 159(2) J. L. M. Curry 161(18) Origins and Background 162(2) Framing an Ideological Platform 164(2) The Confederacy and Civil War Activities 166(2) Ideology in the New Social Order 168(1) From Politics to Education: On to Peabody 169(5) J. L. M. Curry: Southern Educator, Racial Educator 174(5) Conclusion: Thoughts and Afterthoughts 179(6) References 185(8) Supplementary Readings 193(8) Index 201(7) About the Author 208