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Jim crow laws
Emerging in the 1870s, Jim Crow laws ruled the educational system, and schools became legally racially segregated. -
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The time of segregation
Black education was legally hampered by the legal and racial segregation of the south. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This is when it was made so that blacks and whites would be separated in different schools. This also caused African Americans not to get as good as education as a white person at the time. -
NAACP
NAACP not only is the oldest civil rights organization, but it has always fought for African Americans' rights in not only other things but in education as well. -
Black schools in the south
There was only 59 accredited high school for black children in the south. which 20 of them was private schools. -
Brown vs. Board of Educaiton of Topeka
It was declared to be unconstitutional to have education be segregated by race. -
Intergration in Education
slowly started to get integrated into schools if you remember Ruby Bridges the first African-American child to attend an all-white school. -
Gutter vs. Bollinger
ruling that race can be one of many factors considered by colleges when selecting their students because it furthers “a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body.” -
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Teachers in the school
It is said that during this period 82% of public teachers were white which led to them having lower expectations for African-American children than they would for a white child. -
President Obama
In the year of 2012, President Obama had created something called Educational Excellence for African Americans. This is to help African American children to be able to succeed in school and get the chance to graduate not only high school but continued education. -
resorces
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/education-african-american https://www.infoplease.com/us/education/milestones-african-american-education https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/race/news/2017/02/28/427028/african-american-students-deserve-a-high-quality-education/