Description: Between Washington and Du Bois describes the life and work of James Edward Shepard, the founder and president of the first state-supported black liberal arts college in the South--what is today known as North Carolina Central University.
Brief description: Reginald K. Ellis is associate professor of history at Florida A&M University.
Review Quotes: "An important contribution to the study of African American presidents in higher education"--Journal of American History "Ellis's book contributes to the trend of questioning the framework of the long civil rights movement. . . . Readers interested in the decisions of race leaders who wielded influence in the Jim Crow South will appreciate this book."--Journal of Southern History