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Contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Reconstruction and Its Reach, 1865–1901 12 2. Captains and Cohorts 25 3.Teachers and Teaching 42 4.The Schoolhouse—Inside and Out 61 5. Funding and Survival 80 6.The Progressive Urge 98 7. Special Days and Festivals, Rites and Rituals 116 8. Black Schools in a Dual System 131 9. 1915—A Watershed Year? 149 10. Conclusion: Then and Since 159 Notes 163 Bibliographical Essay 203 Index 207 ...

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