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Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia in 1825. He built this university in his later years "to import new ideas of government and equality to young people."
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Robert Owen created the "Model Community" school where all people would be treated equally regardless of age, gender or social standing.
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Horace Mann, US Secretary of Education. "Education birthright of every american child away from violence rich and poor alike crime violence and vice."
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Justin Smith Morrill, a Vermont Congressman,land grant system developed. Land sales were used to fund land grant college programs.
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On September 15, 1950 educational opportunities were to include and equalize for all children of color. Equality has made great strides within our schools which began with the Civil Rights Movement.
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