James Anderson critically reinterprets the history of southern black Education from Reconstruction to the Great Depression.
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By placing black schooling within a political, cultural, and economic context, he offers fresh insights into black commitment to education, the peculiar significance of Tuskegee Institute, and the conflicting goals of various philanthropic groups, among other matters.
James Anderson critically reinterprets the history of southern black Education from Reconstruction to the Great Depression