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Education at the Calhoun School for African American students in Lowndes County, Alabama.

From a film titled "The Calhoun School - The Way to a Better Future". Scenes of poverty and lack of education for African American farm residents of the "Big Swamp Section" of Lowndes County, followed by introduction to the Calhoun Colored School which aims to improve circumstances for African American children in the area. Open dry farmland. View of a simple shack. A Black child sleeps on a wooden bench. Some African American children prepare some food in a container. Some African American women stand near a hut. An African American child sits beside a hut. An African American woman works near a container. A Black man plows the field using ox-driven plow. An African American woman works in the farm. A hut in background. An African American man and children walking. View of a simple one room schoolhouse. Some African American children play beside a tree. Young African American children sit with teachers and watch the older children beside the rural school. They all reenter the schoolhouse together. Picture of Miss Charlotte Thorn who founded the Calhoun Colored School (CR 33, Calhoun, Alabama). View of the school grounds and buildings and students moving about. View of the school principal, Dr. Jerome F Kidder, seated in his office. African American girls wearing white uniform gather for a morning flag raising ceremony. African American girls and boys march and then gather for the flag ceremony.

Location: Lowndes County Alabama USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 5 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057561
African American students learn to make crafts and sew dresses at the Calhoun Colored school in Lowndes County, Alabama.

A group of African American children in the American south coming out of the Calhoun Colored School in Lowndes County, Alabama . Students make a small model of a hut with wood and a paper. Students learn craft work. A teacher calls the students. Girls learning to make their own dresses for their graduation ceremony. A girl displays the hand crafted dress. Townspeople dressed in their best walk along the road approaching the school to attend the graduation exercises. A band marching off to start the commencement ceremony. A huge gathering of people present. Young men and women graduates of the Calhoun School take the stage in pairs for the graduation ceremony. Several educators address the audience, including Calhoun School Principal, Dr. Jerome F Kidder.

Location: Lowndes County Alabama USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 3 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057565
African American boy poses in Calhoun, Alabama.

Life of African American residents in Calhoun, Alabama. A young African American boy wearing hat and coat smiles and pose in Calhoun, Alabama. A tree in the background.

Location: Calhoun Alabama USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050037
African American boys ride toy carts in Calhoun, Alabama.

Life of African American towns people in Calhoun, Alabama. Four African American boys pose in Calhoun, Alabama. One of them sits on a toy cart. Two African American boys sit on toy carts pushed by three others. The boys run, pushing the carts along the village road.

Location: Calhoun Alabama USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050038
African American children make handicrafts at the Calhoun Primary School in Calhoun, Alabama.

Exteriors of the Calhoun Primary School in Calhoun, Alabama. African American children play and make handicrafts during recess. Boys play while girls weave baskets and make handicrafts. A look at the shows and hairstyles of the African American children. Children speak. African American woman rings bell at the end of recess.

Location: Calhoun Alabama USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050046
African American children study in a class room of the Calhoun Primary School in Calhoun, Alabama.

African American students sit in classroom of the Calhoun Primary School in Calhoun, Alabama. African American boy reads from a book. African American girl speaks.

Location: Calhoun Alabama USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050049
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