(EDUCATION) Mary Frances Herd A Directory of Negro Colleges

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(EDUCATION.) Mary Frances Herd. A Directory of Negro Colleges. v, 116 pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers, minimal wear; original "copyright requested" statement blacked out on verso of title, with inked copyright stamp below as issued (slight bleed-through to title page). Los Angeles, CA: American Offset Printers, 1953

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This guide features a summary of 100 historically black colleges and universities, including for each the population of their town, their founding date, their enrollment, their president, the cost of room and board, and a list of degree programs. Also included are a short preface, and categorized lists of state-controlled colleges, church-controlled colleges organized by denomination, junior colleges, and colleges sorted by state.

The compiler, Mary Frances Herd Black (1924-2008), was a graduate of Knoxville College, and compiled this guide while pursuing her Doctor of Education degree at the University of Southern California. She went on to a long and distinguished career as an educator in California. 5 copies of this guide are preserved in libraries per OCLC, and none traced at auction.