Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1: "What He Needs Is Education": Black Education in Chicago to 1940; Chapter 2: "For the Very Meaning of Our Lives": Howalton Day School, 1946-1986; Chapter 3: "Something Far More Ennobling": Holy Name of Mary, 1940-2002; Chapter 4: "We Have Done Black Things Today and We're Going to Do Black Things Again Tomorrow": New Concept Development Center, 1972-1998; Epilogue: "We Have to Invest in Our Own Power"; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
"This book uncovers the forgotten history of private schools built and run by African Americans throughout the civil rights struggle for school desegregation"-- Provided by publisher
