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// African American Education //

Throught the years African Americans had different ways of learning.Weather it be from a povertized schoolhouse or learning minor things from a slave owner. There have been many advances in the way they learn in the last couple centries. They've started colleges and numorous other places for learning. Thus entering the 21st centry there are countless all black schools and colleges. In 1854, Ashmun Institute, the first school of higher learning for young black men, founded by John Miller Dickey and his wife, Sarah Emlen Cresson; later (1866) renamed Lincoln University (Pa.) after President Abraham Lincoln. In 1856 Wilberforce University, the first black school of higher learning owned and operated by African Americans, founded by the African Methodist Espiscolpal church. Its president, Daniel A. Payne, became the first African American University president in the country. In 1869 Howard University's law school becomes the country's first black law school. In 1876 Meharry Medical College, the first black medical school in the U.S., founded by the Freedman's Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Eventhough there were many advances in African American education there were many problems. One incident was Brown vs The Board. This was taken to the Supreme Court in 1954. The case was about blacks in the south having to travel many miles to go to school when there was a school close to them. Eventhough this went against the amendments many white government officials thought that blacks weren't fit to be educated with whites. Entering the 21st centry many popular film makers such as Spike Lee have made ground breaking movies that deal with African American education. Such films as "School Daze" and "Higher learning" show the daily struggle that blacks have to deal with while trying to get the best education possible while dealing with racism, low funding, and lack of qualified teachers.There are countless others that have been made on a lower scale such as "Different World" a popular 90's television show that was about black college student and there day to day life. Another show that has produced and indepth look at black college life is a show call "College Hill". Aired in the early 00's this show broadcasted the personal encounters of different african americas for a period time while in college. Over a spand of many years African American education has undergone many changes.Some for a better cause and some for worse but all helped the overall advancement. Im am almost certain thet this is not the end. There will be many more people that will step up and help better the resources of learning for African Americans.There is nowhere to go but up.

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