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“At a time when many schools barred their doors to black Americans, these colleges offered the best, and often the only opportunity for a higher education”

 – President George Bush


Authors:

KARIMA A. WOODYARD (1830s-1870s)

REBECCA RENTERIA (1880s-Present) 

DREXEL UNIVERSITY

EDHE 500-900

Fall 2008

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