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Portrait of James "Cool Papa" Bell.

J. F. Boulden's Freedmen's School Report for June 1868. He reports an average attendance of 75. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools: "Not very good at present."Remarks: "My night school that I reported last month is closed."

J. F. Boulden's Freedmen's School Report for July 1868. State the public sentiment towards Colored Schools: "Very bad in some cases" Remarks: "Politics has run so high that it has made money very scarce"

Isabelle Lang has moved from the bayou to the desert and back again, and holds a BA and MA in English from Mississippi State University. She recently graduated with an MFA in Poetry from the University of Nevada, Reno, with a thesis collection…