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State-Supported Schools for the Blind for African-American Children: References

Alferdteen Harrison and Roland Freeman. Piney Woods School: An Oral History, 2006.

Armstrong, J.V. Tennessee School for the Blind: History and Prospectus, 1898.

Bickley, Ancella R. In Spite of Obstacles: A History of the West Virginia Schools for the Colored Deaf and Blind, 1926-1955, 1955.

Brasington, JoAnn Michell. The South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind, 1849-2000, 2000.

Buell, Charles. The Education of the Negro Blind in the United States. Unpublished master's thesis, University of Michigan, 1945.

Crouch, Robert and Jack Hawkins. Out of Silence and Darkness: The History of the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, 1983.

Hanner, Lynne, and Rose Myers. The Ties That Bind: A Collection of Historical Remembrances of the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind. Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind, 2008.

Holbrook, Cay, and Alan J. Koenig, editors. Foundations of Education. Volume 1: History and Theory of Teaching Children and Youths with Visual Impairments, 2000.

Koestler, Frances A., The Unseen Minority: A Social History of Blindness in the United States, 1976.

Lyon, Michael. Ray Charles: Man and Music, 1998.

Martin, Margaret Elizabeth. Practice and Procedures in Secondary Schools for the Blind in the United States. Unpublished doctoral dissertation. Johns Hopkins University, 1933.

McCutcheon, Chris. The Kentucky School for the Blind. Unpublished senior paper, Kentucky School for the Blind, 1988.

Mikutel, Douglas. Silence and Darkness: Historical Origins of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind, 1883-1917. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Florida State University, 2004.

Mississippi School for the Blind. 2010-2011 Staff Policy and Procedures Manual.

Rabinowitz, Howard. Race, Ethnicity, and Urbanization, 1993.

Stafford, Philip L., and Elizabeth J. Safford. Children with Disabilities in America: A Historical Handbook and Guide, 2006.

Stephens, Otis H. A History of the Georgia Academy for the Blind. Unpublished manuscript in the collection of the Museum of the American Printing House for the Blind, 2008.

The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow. PBS/13WNET New York. www.jimcrowhistory.org.

Theus, Ida Moore. The Beginning of the Education of the Negro Blind in Louisiana. Unpublished master's thesis, Hampton Institute (Hampton University), 1945.

Waddey, John. The Tennessee School for the Blind: The First 150 Years, 1966.

Wash, Lula May. A Short History of the Kentucky School for the Blind. Kentucky School for the Blind,1972.

Wormser, Richard. The Rise and fall of Jim Crow, 2004.

Zepp, George. "Mansion Serves as 2nd Home," The Tennessean. February 22, 2006.



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