The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861: A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War

First published in 1919, "The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861" provides a thorough history of the education of people of color in the United States prior to the Civil War. Carter G. Woodson, the second African-American to ever received a doctorate from Harvard, is considered a father of the Black History movement.