A Talented Tenth; or, A Functional Majority: Education and African Descendants in Cordoba, Argentina 1810–53

Sunday, January 4, 2015: 2:30 PM
Liberty Suite 4 (Sheraton New York)
Erika Edwards, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
This paper focuses on the debate to allow African descendants into primary schools and the University during the republican period in Cordoba, Argentina.  The debate was shaped by the independence movement, caudillismo, and ideas of blanqueamiento (racial whitening).
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