If you prefer not to leave an email address, check back at your NCpedia comment for a reply. Please allow one business day for replies from NCpedia. Skip to main content. Education for African Americans was sparse, especially in the South with laws such as North Carolina's that prohibited teaching enslaved persons to read and write.
It was a rare occurrence for an African American to be literate. While there were a few schools dedicated to African American education in the North prior to the Civil War, the first college available to African Americans in the South was Shaw University, which opened its doors in A number of institutions dedicated specifically for the education of African Americans were founded in the era immediately following the Civil War and others followed when segregation limited equal access to education.
Ten of these schools continue to operate today. Image Credits: Contemporary photographs taken from university websites. African Americans. Universities and colleges. Agan, Kelly. Alston, Christine. Hello, You may want to consider contacting the Quaker church in the area. Erin Bradford, Government and Heritage Library. I have learned a lot in this article! Thanks for posting and sharing this article! The article states Shaw Permalink Submitted by C.
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