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African American children were given schools for the first time.
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Laws were passed to prohibit African Americans from learning how to read and write.
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African Americans are prohibited from being taught and learning how to read.
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At the state legislature, free Blacks made an unsuccessful petition to allow their children into the public schools.
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Prudence Crandell, an American educator, allowed the first African American girl into her institution.
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The first African American only school was founded
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At the state's expense, Black education is forbidden
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An antislavery novel written by Harriet Beehcer Stowe, is published for the first time.
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This U.S Supreme Court case made slavery legal
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In Washington D.C., a bill was passed to mandate the creation of black public schools.
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One of the first black higher learning institutions was founded.
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For the former slaves, Peabody Fund was established across the nation to provide scholarships and endowments for an education.
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Founded by Samuel Chapman Armstrong, Hampton Institute was founded in Hampton, Virginia.
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Booker T. Washington founded the Tuskegee Institute for industrial education.
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The Supreme Court supports the idea of separated schools for whites and blacks.
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W.E.B Du Bois publishes his collection of essays called The Souls of Black Folk
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Segregated schools are unequal and are abolished.
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Issue of community control leads the teachers in New York City to go on strike.