education-urban
...black children were put to learn in poor buildings with many damaging features, larger classrooms, and less resources. Black schools were using text books discarded from the white schools and the books were more than four years outdated. Only black teachers were allowed to teach them, and girls were taught “domestic sciences” and boys were taught many trade jobs. The teaching styles were not even the same throughout the races. The white teaches were given plenty of resources and also paid more. The black children were not allowed to have extra curricular activities, but the white kids could. By the 1960s, it was illegal in 17 states for blacks to attend white schools. Many court cases were brought before the Supreme Court at this time and won. One was Brown vs. the Board of Education of Topeka. A father felt that it was his daughter’s right to attend any school that she chose. All kids should have the same education and the same resources. Separate institutions was not equal. In 1954 a judge ruled in favor of Brown and ordered that schools integrate. Virginia and Arkansas still refused. By the 1960s, steady gains were seen and the Civil Rights movement took shape. President Johnson said that if schools were not integrating, then they would lose all of their money from the federal government. I think these times definitely effected education. At this time, children were taught that everyone was different, and not only are they different, but some are better. Now a days we try to educate children with the belief that everyone is the same, but this is not seen at this time. Also, teachers taught according to color. Whites learned abo...