Carter G.
Woodson, _The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861_ (1915), E.A.
Alderman's _J.L.M.Curry, a Biography_ (1911), and R.D.W.Connor and C.W.

Poe's _Life and Speeches of Charles Brantley Aycock_ (1912) are illuminating.

J.L.M.

Curry's _A Brief Sketch of George Peabody and a History of the Peabody Education Fund through Thirty Years_ (1898) gives an excellent idea of the situation after Reconstruction.

_The General Education Board; an Account of its Activities, 1902-1914_ (1915) contains interesting facts on the educational situation of today.