Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

A Failed Black Upper Class Project to “Reform” Poor Black Girls
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
18 Mar 2019
🖨️ Print Article

Between 1919 and 1939, the National Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs attempted to run a school for “wayward” Black girls called the Efland Home, in North Carolina. Girls ran away and rejected the regimen, and the facility was finally closed. “I think Efland shows that, just because people are of the same race does not mean that they are of the same community,” said Lauren Henley, a doctoral student studying history at the University of Texas, at Austin, who wrote about the Efland saga for Souls, A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture and Society.

Black Mass Incarceration

Related Podcasts

Black Agenda Radio July 7, 2023
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio July 7, 2023
07 July 2023
In this week’s segment we hear about CIA medical experiments performed on indigenous children in Canada and Black prisoners in the U.S.
New Documents Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
New Documents Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners
07 July 2023
Orisanmi Burton is an assistant professor at American University’s Department of Anthropology.
Black Agenda Radio March 31, 2023
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio March 31, 2023
31 March 2023
In this segment, we will hear the second part of our discussion on racist and punitive immigration policies that are consistent from one presidenti

More Stories


  • Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
    Fourth and Long: The Curious Juxtaposition of Jaxson Dart and Colin Kaepernick
    03 Jun 2026
    The same sports media that celebrate Jaxson Dart's endorsement of Donald Trump called Kaepernick's anti-police violence protest disrespectful. The racial double standard has not changed since the…
  • Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
    Short word problems: do the math
    03 Jun 2026
    "Short word problems: do the math" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
  • Dhoruba bin-Wahad
    Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Co-Founder of Black Liberation Army, Reflects on the Legacy of Assata Shakur and Revolutionary Sacrifice
    03 Jun 2026
    On May 30, 2026, a Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Assata Shakur was held at the Riverside Church in New York City. Dhoruba Bin Wahad, co-founder of the Black Liberation Army, wrote these words…
  • Erica Caines
    The Persecution of Kaia Sealy and the Manufactured Crisis in Trinidad and Tobago
    03 Jun 2026
    Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister says she backs Trump's conservatism and capitalism, and the criminal case against a hairdresser paralyzed in a police shooting shows exactly what that partnership…
  • Clau O'Brien Moscoso
    Bolivia in Crisis: In Conversation with Evo Morales
    03 Jun 2026
    Former Bolivian president Evo Morales Ayma spoke with Black Agenda Report correspondent Clau O’Brien Moscoso.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us