History of The Alabama Cooperative Extension System - Movable Schools

Movable Schools

Inspired by Tuskegee Institute educators, Alabama Extension assigned specialists to movable schools, which then were dispatched to counties throughout the state. Extension drafted plans to develop at least 15 of these schools for white farmers and “about as many” for their black counterparts.

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