African Americans Sought To The Reform Of Education In 1905

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They attempted to reform the educational system but these reforms did not work since it only would benefit the whites only. The prevailing theory of the government was that whites should be highly educated so that they will take lead as the employers, while blacks needed a minimal amount of schooling so that they could become the labours for the whites. In 1905 the school board Act was passed, this Act established a new tax to finance poor white’s education. This affected blacks because it was done to exclude them from the newly founded system. As a result they were forced to attend mission schools. All these resulted in high level of discrimination in terms of job market since mission schools were failing to meet the requirements needed for