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French Huguenot, Elias neau who emigrated (resettled) to New York created the first northern schools for African Americans -
northern liberalism established a separate school for African American children in Boston called the Abiel Smith School
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Famous Abolitionists George Bell, Nicholas Franklin, and Moses Liverpool built the first schoolhouse for African Americans
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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, issuing the freedom of slaves in the ten Confederate states It also made it available for freed slaves to enlist in the Union Army, -
Booker T. Washington, an American educator, and author, founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama. This school is one of the leading schools in the United States , providing knowledge and higher learning for African Americans. -
Spellman College was created, becoming the first college for black women in the U.S. -
Frederick D Patterson establishes the UNCF to help support black colleges and black students. -
Brown v. Board was a court case in 1954, in which the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. it ended racial segregation in schools in the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle. -
The Little Rock Nine was created, and nine teens came to be known as the first African American students to enter Little Rock's Central High School, an all-white school. The Little Rock Nine became an important part of the fight for equal opportunity in American education -
American civil rights activist James Meredith became the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi; on the day he enters the university, he is escorted by U.S. marshals.