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The instituionalization of the public school system in Missouri: 1865-1882
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
terrain through promotion, an emphasis on teacher professionalization, and a push for capacity expansion to further root the system in Missouri communities. The end of Radical Republican leadership in 1870 did not signal the end of the public school system...
"Slaves to rum" : alcohol, temperance, and race in America, 1800-1920
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
drinking habits. This thesis centers on the origins of their advocacy in the context of debates over slavery, prejudice, and segregation in the United States. White Americans justified their racism by constructing images of Black 'degradation'. Implicit...
"The pen among our people" : strategies of survivance and assimilation resistance in indigenous rhetoric from Indian newspapers, lawsuits, and society journals, 1870-1924
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
In "The Pen Among Our People," I explore three different strategies that Indigenous peoples utilized from 1870 to 1924 to both ensure their survival and resist systematic oppression. During this period, the malicious ...