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Contents List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xiii List of Abbreviations xv Introduction. “This Right to Grow”: Higher Education as Both a Human and Civil Right 1 Part 1. edUcational attainment 1. “A Plea for the Oppressed”: Educational Strivings, Pre-1865 21 2. “The Crown of Culture”: Educational Attainment, 1865–1910 36 3. “Beating Onward, Ever Onward”: A Critical Mass, 1910–1954 57 4. “Reminiscences of School Life”: Six College Memoirs 77 5. “I Make Myself Heard”: Comparative Collegiate Experiences 104 6. “The Third Step”: Doctoral Degrees, 1921–1954 120 Part 2. intellectUal legacy 7. Research: “The Yard Stick of Great Thinkers” 141 8. Teaching: “That Which Relieves Their Hunger” 160 9. Service: “A Beneficent Force” 180 10. Living Legacies—Black Women in Higher Education, Post-1954 194 Notes 217 Bibliography 241 Index 259 ...

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