This person started school in alabama where black children could learn skills such as shoemaking and farming

It was "Booker T Washington" who started school in Alabama where black children could learn skills such as shoemaking and farming, since he believed this was a way in which this children could eventually advance in society. 

the following best describes postwar era writers in their works:

progressive

many writers,authors,novelists,poets concentrated more on social art and social writing and stayed away from political writings.