Since the very beginning of slavery, black people were deprived of many things. To many, education was at the top of the list. To enslave and educate a black person would result in the power of knowledge and with strength in numbers white settlers saw the only solution to keep black people from thriving was to punish them for learning. Between the 1890's and 1915, white philanthropists supported public schools and school boards for black children and saw it as an avenue for black advancement, but in actuality it was an investment in subjugation. These very philanthropists leaned more towards vocational studies which in turn would result in low wage labor whereas liberal arts education was open to white students. For 7 African American young
