Black Education Timeline by Noah Cullen https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73 Scroll to view en-us 2024-02-09 01:15:35 UTC 2024-02-12 00:52:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f34e.png Quakers established schools in Virginia and other order colonies for Black children (1731) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879520743 2024-02-09 19:43:28 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879520743 The South Carolina Assembly enacted "Bill for Better Ordering and Governing of Negroes and other slaves in this province", or also known as the Negro act of 1740. This law prohibited enslaved African people from growing their own food, learning to read, moving freely, assembling in groups, and earning money. (1740) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879522664 2024-02-09 19:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879522664 The Bray Associates, an Anglican organization based in London, opened one of the first schools for black children in Philadelphia (1758) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879523951 2024-02-09 19:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879523951 Phillis Wheatley learned to read and write from the family that had purchased her and published a book of poems, which was popular in Europe (1773) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879524564 2024-02-09 19:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879524564 The African Free School opens in New York (1794) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879525348 2024-02-09 19:48:49 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879525348 John Chavis, a Presbyterian Minister and Teacher, is the first black person on record to attend an American college or university. (1799) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879525969 2024-02-09 19:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879525969 After Nat Turner's slave revolt in 1831, North Carolina had an anti literacy law that made teaching any black person, enslaved or free, to read and write a crime. (1831) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879526748 2024-02-09 19:50:39 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879526748 Oberlin College is founded in 1833 with the policy of not discriminating against the race of their applicants (1833) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879527245 2024-02-09 19:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879527245 The first African American textbook is published in 1841. (1841) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879527635 2024-02-09 19:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879527635 Lincoln University was founded, the first degree granting HBCU school (1854) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879529311 2024-02-09 19:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879529311 The Civil War brought freedom to the slaves of the south (1861-1865) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879529791 2024-02-09 19:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879529791 Vincent Coyler established the first school for freed people in North Carolina on Roanoke Island. (July 23, 1863) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879530520 2024-02-09 19:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879530520 During reconstruction, southern states begin to provide a system of free public schools (1868) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879530988 2024-02-09 19:55:27 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879530988 Harvard College graduates its first black student, Richard Theodore Greener. (1870) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879531501 2024-02-09 19:56:13 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879531501 The first black high school was founded, it was named Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. Located in Washington, DC. (1870) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879532253 2024-02-09 19:57:19 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879532253 The National Association for Teachers in Colored Schools is formed. (1903) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879532627 2024-02-09 19:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879532627 William Leo Hansberry teaches a course on African Civilization at Howard University. (1920s) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879533617 2024-02-09 19:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879533617 Anna Julia Cooper became the fourth black woman to receive a PHD. (1925) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879533889 2024-02-09 19:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879533889 Charles H. Thompson became the First African American to receive a PHD in education, specializing in educational psychology. (1925) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879534388 2024-02-09 20:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879534388 The National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers was formed to improve conditions in schools for black children and teachers in segregated communities (1926) noahcullen21 https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879535206 2024-02-09 20:02:01 UTC https://padlet.com/noahcullen21/sq7sqcf9a7xptk73/wish/2879535206