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Rosenwald schools in Georgia (U.S. state) (6 P) Pages in category "Historically segregated African-American schools in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Segregation academies were private schools in the United States that opened after 1954 and during the 1960s and 1970s as a way for white parents to avoid the desegregation of public schools as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling Brown v. Board of Education.
E. E. Butler High School was a segregated school for black students in Gainesville, Georgia that opened in 1962 when Federal courts declared the existing system unequal. After integration of the public schools, Butler was closed in 1969 as it was considered inadequate for White students. The athletic teams were known as the Tigers. [1]
The Georgia Independent School Association (GISA) is an association of private, independent, and parochial schools throughout the state of Georgia.It was established in 1967 as the Georgia Association of Independent Schools, at the time a large number of segregation academies were being established for the purpose of providing whites-only education. [1]
Using state-of-the-art architectural plans designed by professors at Tuskegee Institute, [6] the fund spent more than $4 million to build 5,388 schools, 217 teacher homes, and 163 shop buildings in 883 counties in 15 states, from Maryland to Texas. The Rosenwald Fund was based on a system of matching grants, requiring white school boards to ...
Racial segregation in Atlanta has known many phases after the freeing of the slaves in 1865: a period of relative integration of businesses and residences; Jim Crow laws and official residential and de facto business segregation after the Atlanta Race Riot of 1906; blockbusting and black residential expansion starting in the 1950s; and gradual integration from the late 1960s onwards.
Pages in category "Rosenwald schools in Georgia (U.S. state)" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Historically segregated African-American schools in Maryland (1 C, 15 P) Historically segregated African-American schools in Mississippi (2 C, 18 P) Historically segregated African-American schools in Missouri (12 P)