Ch. 1. Introduction: The Way It Was -- Ch. 2. George Washington Trenholm: The Role of the Principal in the African American Community -- Ch. 3. It All Began with Miss Doss -- Ch. 4. Remembering the Teachers: The Heart of the Matter -- Ch. 5. The Segregated African American School: A Center for Culture, Recreation, Leadership, and Education -- Ch. 6. The Village as Educator: Learning, Nurturing, and Supporting African American Children Beyond the School Building -- Ch. 7. Alabama Politics and School Desegregation: The Punting Syndrome -- Ch. 8. From Segregation Forever to Black Is Beautiful: Access to Higher Education in Alabama Next Door -- Ch. 9. The Destruction of a School Community: Can It Be Rebuilt? -- Ch. 10. Where Do We Go from Here?