Add to ORKGThe problem for study may be expressed in the form of one broad question followed by other questions touching on specific phases of the problem. The problem is rather broad in scope as it pertains to time because it extends over a period before the Civil War and the emancipation of the Negro through several periods, which are easily identified, following the war between the states. The problem to be dealt with is; How has education for Negroes in Walker County developed? The solving of this problem is dependent upon answers to the following questions: 1. Were Negroes taught before the Civil War and before the advent of public schools for Negroes? 2. What was the nature of the first public schools for Negroes? 3. Who were some of the pioneer...