Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Reconstruction and Its Reach, 1865–1901
2. Captains and Cohorts
3. Teachers and Teaching
4. The Schoolhouse—Inside and Out
5. Funding and Survival
6. The Progressive Urge
7. Special Days and Festivals, Rites and Rituals
8. Black Schools in a Dual System
9. 1915—A Watershed Year?
10. Conclusion: Then and Since
Notes
Bibliographical Essay
Index