JIM CROW AND BLACK EDUCATION: WHAT REALLY HAPPEN?

This week’s Black Reality Think Tank discussion is a continuing dialogue concerning the foundation of Black Education post slavery.  What was the Rosenwald Program?  Did this program make a positive difference in the lives of Black families?  How were black children educated during Jim Crow?  Who educated them? What type of curriculum was used and who was its designer?  Did their education prepare them for the 20th century? Did the Brown case kill Jim Crow or did it install a new form of Jim Crow?   Today’s discussion will examine the principles and philosophy of educating Black children in a Jim Crow environment versus educating Black children in an environment of racial integration.  The goal and objective of the Black Reality Think Tank is to understand the past, dissect the present and support implementing a meaningful future.