Pre-Civil War
What was the earliest motivation for African American Education?
Religious reasons
Financial Expenditures
What was the major problem with desegregating big city schools?
The minority population had increased.
What is happening to schools?
They are becoming more and more segregated again
What did the court rule in Brown v Board of Ed.?
That separate education facilities were illegal
Who were the earliest attempts at African American Education carried out by?
Clergy
How much money were white teachers paid during this time?
A little over $10 per child
Where were the plans to maintain diversity from?
Seattle and Louisville
What did the slackening pressures to desegregate during the 80s and 90s cause to happen?
A phenomenon known as resegregation
What was enforced by Plessy v Ferguson?
What year did Prudence Mitchell begin to take in African American girls.
1833
How much were black teachers paid during this time?
$3 per child
When did The Supreme Court back down from desegregation efforts?
2007
What do some people believe?
That desegregation is not the answer to calls for better schooling
Who was the man that started a school for slaves and free children in 1731?
Anthony Benezet
Slave owners believed that...
Conversion to Christianity would cleanse their souls and make them more docile.
In the 1930s black children only received what percent of the transportation funds?
3%
What is "White Flight?"
When white people would move to the suburbs or place their children in private schools to avoid desegregation.
58% of black students attend schools that have a minority percentage of...
75% or higher
Slashing their tires and lighting them on fire
When was African American education completely banned in some states?
The early 1800s
What percent of the population did black children account for in the 1930s?
30%
What were the plans that were struck down by The Supreme Court to maintain diversity in schools?
Identifying students by race and placing them into schools based on those classifications.
What do some people believe that resegregating would protect?
African American culture from the gradual eradication that occurs in an integrated school setting
Standardized test scores indicated what?