During the colonial period….
schools were aimed at educating White children
What did southern state laws do?
Laws throughout the southern states prohibited educating Black slaves
By the end of the 1800’s…
Black children began to be offered public schooling, but the opportunities existed in separate systems with far fewer resources.
Booker T. Washington
advocated for a practical industrial education
W.E.B. Du Bois
advocated for an intellectually rigorous education
Full promise of equality has yet
to be fulfilled