A Contested Terrain Matthew Mount This ritual program has therefore

This ritual program has therefore become known to scholars as the “babilili-ritual

purposeful and respectful

and even snacks that are a snap to make

private firms strung wires to more farms than did the REA until 1950

distinguished by rapid advancements in knowledge

A Contested Terrain Matthew Mount This ritual program has thereforeA testament to the resilience and determination of Black North Carolinians to achieve educational equality This book examines the educational experiences of Black North Carolinians during the American Civil War and Reconstruction period, 1861 1877. By highlighting the collaborative efforts that led to the growing network of schools for the formerly enslaved people, it argues that schooling the Freedpeople was a contested terrain, fraught with