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Jackson Davis captures the challenging conditions facing black schools, teachers, and students in the first half of the twentieth century. In 1910, Davis was appointed as the first State Agent for Negro Rural Schools for the Virginia State Department of Education. He served as an educational field agent until 1929, during which time he documented his work by taking almost 6,000 photographs of students, teachers, and schools of the Southeastern United States, though this collection focuses solely