Separate and Equal: Jennie Davis Porter and Cincinnati's All-Black Harriet Beecher Stowe School, 1914-1935

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, African Americans debated what would constitute the best type of education for their children. The issue of integrated versus segregated schooling became a point of discussion with the establishment of the all-Black Harriet Beecher Stowe School, with Jennie Davis Porter as its driving force and first principal. Unlike other segregated schools, it had highly qualified teachers, resources, and a modern building. This experiment in Blac...