A New Vision: Charles Stillman's Motivations to Create the Tuscaloosa Institute for Colored Ministers
This article examines the life of Reverend Dr. Charles Stillman and his work to establish the Tuscaloosa Institute for Colored Ministers (present-day Stillman College). Beginning in 1876, this school was the only one of its kind supported by the newly formed Southern Presbyterian Church, or PCUS. In...
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| Language: | English |
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2012
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The journal of Presbyterian history
Year: 2012, Volume: 90, Issue: 2, Pages: 72-82 |
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| Summary: | This article examines the life of Reverend Dr. Charles Stillman and his work to establish the Tuscaloosa Institute for Colored Ministers (present-day Stillman College). Beginning in 1876, this school was the only one of its kind supported by the newly formed Southern Presbyterian Church, or PCUS. In his portrait of the minister as a youth and adult, the author asserts that Stillman was motivated by a desire to empower Southern blacks, both in the antebellum period and during Reconstruction. A nuanced portrayal emerges of Stillman as a product of his white supremacist environment who nevertheless went against the cultural grain and developed an institution that enabled young black men to minister to the larger African-American community. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of Presbyterian history
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