Contents
Introduction by Wayne J. Urban
Preface
I. Social and Economic Forces in the Making of Alabama
II. The Education of Negroes Under "The Peculiar Institution"
III. Social Forces in Reconstruction
IV. Economic Forces in Alabama Reconstruction
V. The Course of Political Reconstruction, 1865-1875
VI. The Beginning of an Educational System, 1860-1868
VII. Public Education of Negroes During Reconstruction
VIII. The Objectives and Content of Reconstruction Education
IX. Cotton and Steel: Economic Changes in Alabama, 1865-1900
X. Economic and Political Changes as Affecting the Education of Negroes, 1875-1900
XI. Race, Class, and the School Fund, 1875-1900
XII. The Constitutional Convention of 1901: Public Opinion of the Negro
XIII. The Constitutional Convention of 1901: Taxation and Education
XIV. The Influences of Personalities on the Public Education of Negroes in Alabama
XV. Cotton and Steel: Economic Changes in Alabama, 1900-1930
XVI. Cotton Plus Steel Equals Schools, 1900-1930
XVII. Philanthropy and Negro Education
XVIII. Conclusions: Negro Education in Alabama, a Study in Cotton and Steel
Bibliography
Notes
Afterword by Martin Kilson
Index
