For many people around the world, receiving a proper education has not always been an easy task. Throughout the course of history, many advocates have fought for equal education among all races and genders. People of color, women and citizens of periphery countries struggled to receive suitable education and academic opportunities. They have been labeled inferior and have been denied their basic right to read and write. However, even after generations of being held back, many become literate, attended proper schools and stood up against their oppressors. During the time of the slave codes in the United States, teaching slaves to read and write was illegal and could result in horrible consequences for both master and slave. Concomitantly,
