In this major undertaking, noted civil rights historian Fairclough chronicles the odyssey of black teachers in the South from emancipation in 1865 to integration 100 years later Civil rights historian Fairclough chronicles the odyssey of black teachers in the South from emancipation in 1865 to integration 100 years later. This book is indispensable for understanding how blacks and whites interacted after the abolition of slavery, and how black communities coped with the challenges of freedom and oppression. Abbreviations ix PROLOGUE The Odyssey of Black Teachers 1 ONE Freedom's First Generation 25 TWO Black Teachers for Black Children 59 THREE Missionaries to the Dark South 97 FOUR White Supremacy and Black Teachers 133 FIVE The Founders 175 SIX The Faith of Women 221 SEVEN The City and the Country 265 EIGHT Teachers Organize 307 NINE Black Teachers and the Civil Rights Movement 355 TEN Integration: Loss and Profit 391 Notes 423 Acknowledgments 501 Index 505