{"product_id":"the-star-creek-papers-paperback","title":"The Star Creek Papers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Fairclough\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHorace Mann Bond\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJulia W. Bond\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Star Creek Papers\u003c\/i\u003e is the never-before-published account of the complex realities of race relations in the rural South in the 1930s. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Horace and Julia Bond moved to Louisiana in 1934, they entered a world where the legacy of slavery was miscegenation, lingering paternalism, and deadly racism. The Bonds were a young, well-educated and idealistic African American couple working for the Rosenwald Fund, a trust established by a northern philanthropist to build schools in rural areas. They were part of the \"Explorer Project\" sent to investigate the progress of the school in the Star Creek district of Washington Parish. Their report, which decried the teachers' lack of experience, the poor quality of the coursework, and the students' chronic absenteeism, was based on their private journal, \"The Star Creek Diary,\" a shrewdly observed, sharply etched, and affectionate portrait of a rural black community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHorace Bond was moved to write a second document, \"Forty Acres and a Mule,\" a history of a black farming family, after Jerome Wilson was lynched in 1935. The Wilsons were thrifty landowners whom Bond knew and respected; he intended to turn their story into a book, but the chronicle remained unfinished at his death. These important primary documents were rediscovered by civil rights scholar Adam Fairclough, who edited them with Julia Bond's support.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eADAM FAIRCLOUGH is the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Chair of History and Culture of the United States at Leiden University. His books include \u003ci\u003eMartin Luther King Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTo Redeem the Soul of America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRace and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Star Creek Papers\u003c\/i\u003e (all Georgia).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722480357439,"sku":"9780820340838","price":56.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/6bd04d156729b167dc1053415246a929.webp?v=1765095900","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-star-creek-papers-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}