ABSTRACT
The Negro schools are segregated and the Negro school system is controlled by different groups with different interests and opinions concerning the desirability of preserving or changing the caste status of Negroes. White liberals in the region and Northern philanthropists have given powerful assistance in building up Negro education in the South. The major American contribution to philosophy—the theory of pragmatism—bears visibly the marks of having been developed in a culture where education was awarded the prominent role. The support of Negro education in the South given by Northern philanthropic organizations has been important in terms of both the funds spent and the initiative taken. In fact, many whites are as eager to improve Negro education as is any Negro, and there are some Negroes who are rather on the other side of the fence, at least for the purpose of an opportunistic accommodation. The formula, "industrial education for Negroes", thus has a different meaning for different white people.
