Black Women In Education History Timeline

I had a very interesting time creating the doing history timeline. The hardest part of this assignment was developing ideas to research. I decided to take up the challenge of researching black women in education. This topic is very important to me because I am a young black women and education has always been important to me. I wanted to learn about the people who have made it possible for me to achieve all my dreams. Also, I have always felt like history books have been white-washed and/or male dominated which usually pushes minority women far into the background. I think it is important to show all the accomplishments black women have achieved in education to encourage black girls today to continue to strive for more education. That is why I have decided to center all of my timeline entries on significant education achievements directed by black women and/or girls. My first timeline entry was the Southern Black Women’s Network founded in 1900. It was created to help the lives of black women in the south. …show more content…
The article Black… At Meredith was published in The Twig on September 14, 1972. In this newspaper article, they discussed recruitment techniques Meredith College used to enroll more black women. They sent pamphlets to every high school in North Carolina discussing the black community at Meredith. Members of the BVU (Black Voices in Unity) discussed how proud they were to be black and how every black women should strive for an education and more experience. They also wrote about how they were involved in their community and how they spent their leisure time. No longer were black women being harassed when they wanted more and a better education. Now, they were publicly being encouraged to want and strive for more. I am sure this initiative increased the amount of black women attending colleges. This type of encouragement probably gave many black girls the courage to seek higher education after high