The Constitutional Moment: Reconstruction and Black Education in the South.

Tyack, David; Lowe, Robert

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Publication Date: 1986

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The Constitutional Moment: Reconstruction and Black Education in the South.

Tyack, David; Lowe, Robert

American Journal of Education, v94 n2 p236-56 Feb 1986

For a short period after the Civil War, Southern Blacks used their newfound political influence first to build schools and then to establish free and universal public education. Though White supremacists eventually overthrew Reconstruction governments, the Blacks' brief political involvement left an educational legacy vital to the survival and regeneration of Black people. (KH)

Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Education, Black History, Blacks, Civil Rights, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Politics of Education, Public Education, Reconstruction Era, State Government, United States History

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