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African American Education In The 1930s
Since before the 1930s, education has been important for developing adolescents. But in the 1930s tragedy struck, and many school began to shut down. The few schools that still stood had to lay-off teachers or cut their salary due to the lacking financial support. Also many of the school were segregated. Schools for the white excelled academically more than schools for the colored but white schools still did not live up to the expectation that college wanted. Most rich parents put their kids through private school because public schools did not offer classes like Latin or Algebra, these classes were mandatory for the majority of colleges. Rarely accept blacks at all. 48% of rural African Americans didn't get a formal education and 15% of rural

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