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African American Education
Elias Neau established one of the first northern schools for African Americans in New York City. -
African American Education
The city of Boston opened its first primary school for the education of African American children. -
African American Education
Wilberforce University, the first black school of higher learning owned and operated by African Americans, founded by the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Its president, Daniel A. Payne, became the first African American University president in the country. -
African American Education
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
African American Education
Spelman College, the first college for black women in the U.S., founded by Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles. -
African American Education
Frederick Douglass Patterson establishes the United Negro College Fund to help support black colleges and black students. -
African American Education
In the landmark case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans., the Supreme Court rules unanimously that segregation in public schools in unconstitutional. -
African American Education
James Meredith is 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. -
African American Education
San Francisco State University becomes the first four-year college to establish a black studies department. -
African American Education
The percentage of all 18- to 24-year-old African Americans enrolled in higher education increases to 32.6% from 21.2% in 1988.
