At the time, black institutions consisted of schools, benevolent and fraternal societies, literary groups, newspapers, journals, and much more. Aside from all of that, the most important black community institution remained the church. During this period, black churches were community centers. They housed school and meeting places for other organizations. A lot of times, anti-slavery societies met in churches. At the time, education was racially segregated in the north between 1820-1860. This was a rough time for parents because of the segregation issue. Whites just didn’t want African American students in their classrooms because they claimed that black children lacked mental capacity and lowered the quality of education. The whites were also afraid that opening schools to black children would encourage more black people to live in the school district. How to educate African American children who weren’t allowed to attend school with white children became a persistent issue in the
At the time, black institutions consisted of schools, benevolent and fraternal societies, literary groups, newspapers, journals, and much more. Aside from all of that, the most important black community institution remained the church. During this period, black churches were community centers. They housed school and meeting places for other organizations. A lot of times, anti-slavery societies met in churches. At the time, education was racially segregated in the north between 1820-1860. This was a rough time for parents because of the segregation issue. Whites just didn’t want African American students in their classrooms because they claimed that black children lacked mental capacity and lowered the quality of education. The whites were also afraid that opening schools to black children would encourage more black people to live in the school district. How to educate African American children who weren’t allowed to attend school with white children became a persistent issue in the