Stand and prosper: private Black colleges and their students

Panorama.

Major historical factors influencing Black higher education.

The beginnings of Black higher education.

Public schools, high schools, normal schools, and colleges.

Curriculum.

Higher education in a new century.

Two decades of desegregation.

Talladega College: a case history (1867-1975).

Leadership and luck.

The graduates.

The students.

Faculty: challenge and response.

The small colleges.

Student aid.

External sources of support.

Leadership and financial independence.

Stand and prosper.