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Public Libraries, Lyceums, and Adult Civic Education
Assess the role of the American Lyceum movement and public lending libraries in fostering informed public debate and civic engagement.
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Access, Pluralism, and Civic Learning in Antebellum America
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Evaluate the racial exclusions, religious conflicts, and alternative institutions—such as Black independent schools, lyceums, and parochial systems—that shaped antebellum civic education.
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