History of the United States I / Unit 16 USH1 2266 short lesson, about 20 seconds
What the Bureau Did
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The idea
The Bureau distributed food to Black and White southerners, helped freed people obtain labour contracts, reunited separated families, and established numerous schools.
In practice
Fisk, Hampton and Dillard universities among its legacy.
Where people slip
The American Missionary Association partnered with it, and women teachers, White and Black, participated significantly because higher education was largely closed to them.
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