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Education in the Slavery Period
Slavery was permitted in the colonies and states prior to the Civil war. During slavery various religious organizations, slave owners, and other individuals and groups educated enslaved Africans with private funds. -
Rev. Thomas Bray
Rev. Thomas Bray was sent by the Bishop of London to Maryland to convert and educate enslaved Africans. -
Anthony Benezet
The African School for Blacks was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by Anthony Benezet, founder of the Abolitionist Society. -
Anthony Benezet
Private evening school established for Africans in Philadelphia by Anthony Benezet, founder of the Abolitionist Society. -
Hugh Bryan
Hugh Bryan, a wealthy South Carolina planter, funded a school for enslaved Africans in Virginia. -
Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting
On recommendations of Haddonfield Quarterly Meeting, New Jersey Quakers raised funds for the education of African Americans and opened a school. -
Sarah Dwight
Quakers of Philadelphia hired Sarah Dwight to teach sewing to African girls. -
New York City African Free School
New York City African Free School opened. School willed by Benezet opened. In 1784, Anthony Benezet died and willed money for the support of education of Africans and American Indians. -
Boston opened its first primary school for Africans.
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Institute for Colored Youth founded
Institute for Colored Youth ; Founded by Richard Humphreys; later became Cheyney University. -
13 private schools for African children were located in Philadelphia
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Ashmun Institute
Ashmun Institute, the first school of higher learning for young black men, founded by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson; later (1866) renamed Lincoln University (Pa.) after President Abraham Lincoln. -
Wilberforce University
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 Uniiversity president in the country. -
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Reconstruction
Carpetbag governments, mission societies, and Freedmen’s Bureau established schools for newly freed African Americans. -
Howard University's law school
Howard University School of Law, becomes the country's first black law school -
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Rates of African American school attendance increased significantly
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Illiterate Rate
The 1870 census reports that 81% of African Americans in the US were illiterate (compared to 8.5% of white Americans); 9.1% of African American children attend school (compared to 50% of white Americans children). -
Meharry Medical College
Meharry Medical College, the first black medical school in the U.S., founded by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. -
Spelman College
Spelman College, the first college for black women in the U.S., founded by Sophia B. Packard and Harriet E. Giles. -
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, Booker T. Washington founds the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama. The school became one of the leading schools of higher learning for African Americans, and stressed the practical application of knowledge. In 1896, George Washington Carver began teaching there as director of the department of agricultural research, gaining an international reputation. -
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Closing the Gap
African American children born from 1910 – 1940 narrowed the gap between the years of schooling between themselves and white children -
First Course in African Civilization
William Leo Hansberry, teaches the first course in African civilization at an American university, at Howard University. -
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Substantial Increases
Substantial increases in African American-to-white per pupil spending occurred in the South. Racial equality in the distribution of school resources improved nationwide -
Frederick Douglass Patterson
Frederick Douglass Patterson establishes the United Negro College Fund to help support black colleges and black students. -
Segregation in Public Schools in Unconstitutiona
Brown v. Board of 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. -
Little Rock Nine
Little Rock Nine, a group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends federal troops to ensure integration of the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. The Little Rock Nine were the first black students to attend the school. -
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Racial differences in grade completion narrowed
Racial differences in grade completion narrowed; however, small but non-trivial differences existed. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Student Nonviolent Coorinating CommitteeStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Black and white students form the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), dedicated to working against segregation and discrimination. -
James Meredith
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. -
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San Francisco State University
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Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation gives $1 million to Morgan State University, Howard University, and Yale University to help prepare faculty members to teach courses in African American studies. -
Grutter v. Bollinger
Gretter V. Bollinger In Grutter v. Bollinger, the Supreme Court (5-4) upholds the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action policy, 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.” -
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
Journal of Blacks in Higher Education surveyed the nation's highest-ranked research universities, the most selective liberal arts colleges, and the 50 flagship state universities to determine their levels of black faculty. Mount Holyoke College had the highest percentage of black faculty of any of the 100 colleges and universities surveyed, with 9.7%. According to the U.S. Dept. of Education, the 2007 national average was 5.4%. -
School Enrollment
The percentage of all 18- to 24-year-old African Americans enrolled in higher education increases to 32.6% from 21.2% in 1988.
