I shall feel that I have accomplished a good work if I have set before my readers food for earnest thought on the questions involved. G. F. RICHINGS. CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION iii PREFACE vii CHAPTER I. BAPTIST SCHOOLS MANAGED BY WHITE PEOPLE 17 CHAPTER II. BAPTIST SCHOOLS MANAGED BY COLORED PEOPLE 41 CHAPTER III. CONGREGATIONAL SCHOOLS 71 CHAPTER IV. EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS 88 CHAPTERS V. AND VI. METHODIST EPISCOPAL SCHOOLS 97 CHAPTER VII. A. M. E. SCHOOLS 117 CHAPTER VIII. A. M. E. ZION SCHOOL 143 CHAPTER IX. PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOLS MANAGED BY WHITE PEOPLE 154 CHAPTER X. PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOLS MANAGED BY COLORED PEOPLE 158 CHAPTER XI. TUSKEGEE AND NORMAL, BOTH IN ALABAMA 189 CHAPTER XII. ECKSTEIN NORTON UNIVERSITY, GLOUCESTER, AND OTHER SCHOOLS 218 CHAPTER XIII. ATLANTA UNIVERSITY AND BEREA COLLEGE 248 CHAPTER XIV. INSTITUTE FOR COLORED YOUTH, CAMP NELSON, AND SCHOOL WORK IN WASHINGTON 254 CHAPTER XV. NASHVILLE, TENN. 264 CHAPTER XVI. ATLANTA, GA., AND INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 273 CHAPTER XVII. FINE PENMEN 278 CHAPTER XVIII. COLORED LAWYERS 284 CHAPTER XIX. J. H. LEWIS AND OTHER BUSINESS MEN 297 CHAPTER XX. WALTER P. HALL AND OTHER SUCCESSFUL MERCHANTS 316 CHAPTER XXI. BANKS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, ETC. 334 CHAPTER XXII. PATENTS AND OTHER BUSINESS INTERESTS 342 CHAPTER XXIII. COLORED EDITORS AND JOURNALISTS 349 CHAPTER XXIV. CHURCHES 375 CHAPTER XXV. HOSPITALS AND HOMES 392 CHAPTER XXVI. PROMINENT COLORED WOMEN 411 CHAPTER XXVII. DR. JOHN R. FRANCIS AND HIS PRIVATE SANATORIUM 429 CHAPTER XXVIII. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN SCHOOLS, BOYDTON INSTITUTE, AND CHRISTIANSBURG INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE 436 CHAPTER XXIX. HAMPTON INSTITUTE, HAMPTON, VA. 445 CHAPTER XXX.