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Pages in category "Historically segregated African-American schools in the United States" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Historically segregated African-American schools in Georgia (U.S. state) (1 C, 18 P) K. Historically segregated African-American schools in Kentucky (1 C, 16 P) L.
States and school districts did little to reduce segregation, and schools remained almost completely segregated until 1968, after Congressional passage of civil rights legislation. [29] In response to pressures to desegregate in the public school system, some white communities started private segregated schools, but rulings in Green v.
The black leadership generally supported segregated all-black schools. [8] [9] The black community wanted black principals and teachers, or (in private schools) highly supportive whites sponsored by northern churches. Public schools were segregated throughout the South during Reconstruction and afterward into the 1950s.
Shirley Joseph is a product of Florida’s segregated schools — and was a Black student in some of the first integrated classes at one of the local high schools.
Even today, most Black children attend schools that are segregated by color. Nationally, white children are a minority population in the public school system, but 77% attend majority-white schools.
Pages in category "School segregation in the United States" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Historically black law schools (1 C, 8 P) Historically black universities and colleges in the United States (67 C, 104 P) Historically segregated African-American schools in the United States (3 C, 16 P)