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Episodes tagged "Educational System": 1 through 4 of 4

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  1. Lincoln Elementary and High School, McClennanville, SC: A Standing Artifact of Desegregation in South Carolina
    date 1955 to 1960map Greenville, South Carolinatags equalization schools, Supreme Court, construction, Lincoln, Greenville, SC, South Carolina, Educational System, Brown vs. Board of Educat, Education, Desegregation

    A photograph of Lincoln Elemetary and High School, as it still stands in McClennanville, South Carolina, an unoccupied building with boarded windows, is the starting point for this episode in American history. The photograph was taken by Rebekah Dobrasko, in 2008, as part of a master's thesis on equalization schools in South Carolina. Across the state of South Carolina from 1951-1960, a wave of new...

  2. Impact of Religion in New England Education
    date December 2, 1851 to January 2, 1852map PLYMOUTH, Massachusettstags Educational System, Religion, Puritan Education

    In New England, the Puritans required every town to establish public schools supported by all families. After settling in the United States, the first buildings they constructed were a house of worship and a school. This exemplifies that education and religion were the two most important beliefs that the Puritans held. According to New England First Fruits, “After God… reared convenient places...

  3. Greenville Baptist Female College: A First of its Kind
    date 1857map GREENVILLE, South Carolinatags women's education, Educational System

    The first women’s college in the “Golden Corner” of South Carolina was established in 1856 under the name Greenville Baptist Female College.  It was affiliated with the Baptist Church, but students were from various denominations. The first course catalogue was printed in 1857. It gives a list of the trustees, faculty and students. The college was established in order to help educate the middle...

  4. The African American Struggle through the U.S. Educational System
    date 1870 to 1890map ORANGE, Floridatags Black Schools, Educational System, african americans, Plessy vs. Ferguson, Brown vs. Board of Educat

    Before the end of the Civil War, the education of black slaves in the United States was a criminal endeavor. Although efforts were made in the newly formed free black communities to organize schools, few African Americans received any education at all before the Reconstruction Era when public schools were opened. Even then, establishments for black children were poorly financed and largely ignored....