Browse Exhibits (2 total)
Family Structure & Household Formation
This exhibit explores African American family structure and household formation in District 9, Rutherford County, Tennessee from 1870-1880. Included in the exhibit are "case studies" of four different African American families in District 9 (the "Ned" Sharp family, the Green Wade family, the "Job" Alexander family, and the Daniel McCullough family).
Education in Rutherford County after the Civil War, 1867-1887.
Describes African American, and to a limited extent, white education in Rutherford County, Tennessee, after the Civil War. The broad focus of the exhibit is on the general state of education in Rutherford County from 1867 till 1887. The specific focus of the exhibit is on four educators, including three teachers and one Rutherford county superintendent of education.