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  1. Equality in Education

    Date(s): February 1890 to 1890 Location: ORANGE, Florida Tag(s): southern education, Public Schools, Black Schools, Segregation, racial equality, Education 

    On February 11, 1890, The Town of Winter Park opened not one, but two schoolhouses: Knowles Public school, for whites, and Public School No.31, for blacks. Public School No. 31 had an especially good turnout, with both white and black in attendance. Mayor Robert White Jr. and Founder of Winter Park, Loring Chase, came out to celebrate this moment promoting education.  Chase boasted that “with this,...

  2. Teenage School bus Drivers, Black and White, Crash on South Carolina Highway

    Date(s): January 20, 1953 Location: Clarendon, South Carolina Tag(s): African-Americans, Desegregation, Transportation, Segregation, Supreme Court, Children, Public Schools, Black History, Black Schools, South Carolina, Buses 

    “W.H. Ridgeway, the 16-year-old driver of the white bus, sobbed in his hospital bed and told his mother over and over how sorry he was the wreck had happened” The Columbia State, South Carolina’s largest newspaper, reported this pitiful scene on January 21st, 1953, under the front-page headline, “Clarendon School Bus Crash Kills 2”. The State ran no pictures of the crash, but the details...

  3. Changes to School Regulations in North Carolina

    Date(s): September 8, 1904 Location: Robeson, North Carolina Tag(s): Education Legislation, Education Law, Public Schools, Education 

    In September of 1904 The Robesonian published a list of suggested rules and regulations from the State Education Department.  In the article was a reminder to county superintendents that State Statutes gave them the authority to adopt all or some of the suggested rules at their discretion.  The rules and regulations published in The Robesonian in 1904 bear little resemblance to today’s school rules. ...