Going Public:Lit&Hist Amer Edu Fall 2020

                The Separate & Unequal Era   The Separate & Unequal Era Richard white once said, “the past should be so strange that you wonder how you and people you know and love could come from such a time”. Such a time as what, you may ask? Well, the educational freedom we have nowadays isn’t the same freedom students and teachers had back in the 1950s. America was a different nation back in the 50s, where it was either dangerous or even illegal in some states for ethnic minorities to attend white schools. From the viewpoints of many minority communities , “ public schooling affected their children’s chances for active participation in American life and served as the main community issue around which different people could rally to promote achievement, equality, and the promise of the American Dream” (Anderson, Pg.123-124) If the parents of ethnic children wanted them to attend school, they would have to risk their lives, their families lives and everything they owned. For

 Public School & the Challenges Surrounding  Public Ed.       Public Education was originally difficult to enroll in; I would say it was more of a luxury than a choice. To be able to attend school wasn't something many could afford at the beginning, especially for women, slaves and people of color. As the years went by, public education became necessary and more common to the point that it became one of the biggest public institutions in the country in the 1900s. Americans were not only loving their tax-supported free schooling but were hanging unto the democratic promise of an improved lifestyle for both men and women. As a matter of fact, as the economy became more complex more districts established secondary schools so students would be able to attend high school and college spending on their intelligence which was based off of I.Q. tests given in school. Education was revolutionizing as well as the people in the country. Immigration was at its all time high and people were