Despite this new opportunity, racial inequality prohibited equal advancement. The common school reform failed to address the growing issues of racial exclusion, and segregation of schools prevailed. Law prevented black students from attending public schools, so black students relied on donations and their own resources (10/15/17). Even when black schools were established, restrictions and racist propaganda prevented equal opportunities. The American Missionary Association, a group of northern white missionaries, intervened in the education of freed blacks by propelling their own agenda on the students (Self-Taught, 131). Although their mission was aid in the school of freed blacks, their double standards and prejudice against black education resulted in a biased and unequal curriculum (Self-Taught, 121). Despite the intervention of the AMA, schools allowed young black students to become literate, and learn the values of economics and marketing. One institutional opportunity freed blacks had was industrial education. Although they didn’t equalize the playing field between blacks and whites, an industrial education allowed students to learn valuable skills to progress in their own racial standing (Du Bois,
Despite this new opportunity, racial inequality prohibited equal advancement. The common school reform failed to address the growing issues of racial exclusion, and segregation of schools prevailed. Law prevented black students from attending public schools, so black students relied on donations and their own resources (10/15/17). Even when black schools were established, restrictions and racist propaganda prevented equal opportunities. The American Missionary Association, a group of northern white missionaries, intervened in the education of freed blacks by propelling their own agenda on the students (Self-Taught, 131). Although their mission was aid in the school of freed blacks, their double standards and prejudice against black education resulted in a biased and unequal curriculum (Self-Taught, 121). Despite the intervention of the AMA, schools allowed young black students to become literate, and learn the values of economics and marketing. One institutional opportunity freed blacks had was industrial education. Although they didn’t equalize the playing field between blacks and whites, an industrial education allowed students to learn valuable skills to progress in their own racial standing (Du Bois,