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Contract Type FiledMay 5th, 2020This dissertation looks at the development of black private education in Chicago from 1940 to 1986. By black private education, this study refers to schools that not only served a majority black student population but were also created, operated, and staffed by blacks. The dissertation focuses even more specifically on black private schools that taught kindergarten to 8th grade. This topic area remains neglected despite the steady growth of African-American enrollment in private schools throughout the 20th century. A history of black private schools illuminates the appeal of educational alternatives to African-Americans. This work also provides scholars with a unique window to African-American educational interests not seen in most studies of public education. This dissertation identifies the distinctive educational philosophies, curriculum, and pedagogy blacks developed in their own institutions within the context of the history of African Americans nationally and regionally.