Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Doctoral Dissertations Graduate School 2013 Toward an Ideal of Moral and Democratic Education: Afro-Creoles and Straight University in Reconstruction New Orleans, 1862-1896 Dana C. Hart Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations Part of the Education Commons Recommended Citation Hart, Dana C., "Toward an Ideal of Moral and Democratic Education: Afro-Creoles and Straight University in Reconstruction New Orleans, 1862-1896" (2013). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3103. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_dissertations/3103 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please
[email protected]. TOWARD AN IDEAL OF MORAL AND DEMOCRATIC EDUCATION: AFRO-CREOLES AND STRAIGHT UNIVERSITY IN RECONSTRUCTION NEW ORLEANS, 1862-1896 A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The School of Education by Dana C. Hart B.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst 1998 M.A. Boston College, 2002 May 2014 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To begin, this project would not be possible without the guidance and support of my excellent dissertation committee. Dr. Roland Mitchell, you provided the foundation for me and instilled a sense of excitement and awe in exploring historically Black colleges and universities. Without your support and partnership, this idea would not have come to fruition.