An American Phoenix J. Richard Wrigley Nicola Aravecchia (Washington University)

Nicola Aravecchia (Washington University)

and in-between will nod with understanding and laugh with familiarity

Their ridges are wrinkly schist and grassy picnic places

and those with an interest in the welfare of others

An American Phoenix J. Richard Wrigley Nicola Aravecchia (Washington University)In the first book length study of Storer College, Dawne Raines Burke tells the story of the historically black institution from its Reconstruction origins to its demise in 1955. Established by Northern Baptists in the abolitionist flashpoint of Harpers Ferry, Storer was the first college open to African Americans in West Virginia, and it played a central role in regional and national history. In addition to educating generations of students of all