Education. Cooley, Rossa B. Homes of the Freed. Introduction by J. H Dillard. 8vo, pictorial stiff wrappers, faint stain to rear cover and last couple of leaves; a few tiny chips to the overlapping wrappers. New York: New Republic, 1926 E400-600

Education. Cooley, Rossa B. Homes of the Freed. Introduction by J. H Dillard. 8vo, pictorial stiff wrappers, faint stain to rear cover and last couple of leaves; a few tiny chips to the overlapping wrappers. New York: New Republic, 1926 E400-600 First Edition, Inscribed: 'With a deep sense of appreciation for Dr. J H. Dillard from Rossa B. Cooley, 17 October 1926 Dillard University in New Orleans is named for him. An important work chronicling the progress of African-American women from slavery into the relative freedom of Reconstruction from the viewpoint of the headmistress of one of the oldest schools for African-Americans in the South.