How To Operate Separate Schools In The 1900s

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Segregation in the 1900s The time period in the 1900s called Segregation, it is brutal towards a certain group of people with a different skin tone and origin. They outlawed the blacks to be separate from the whites, different drinking fountains, other train stops, schools, voting, transports and overall government. Schools are a big issue during the segregation period. Not all black children could go to school because of the farm work and the distance outside of the community. The only black people that got to go were mostly females since the males were needed on the farms. The girls would go learn to read and write in the schools they could get into, and then came home to be housewives and cook for their families. In 1933, they had a total …show more content…

So the families were sent to public schools where the black children were severely bullied and ignored in the white communities. Private schools, on the other hand, were no better. Since it was mostly segregated with the children, there was a lot of isolation. More than three million school-age black children lived in the 17 states that continued to operate separate schools, along with 81 percent of the entire nation's black population (“Irons”). Schools really should have thought about the long-term effects on the children. Transportation established an issue in the segregation time period. Blacks weren't allowed on public buses, trains, and the stations waiting stations without designated spots for them. Not only were the vehicles and stations segregated, but also gas stations, hotels and restaurants that wouldn’t welcome black people. Hardly any black people could cross the southern states without being ridiculed on the public buses and trains. Not being able to see family, just 10 miles away, because they shut the doors while you walk …show more content…

That's when they started to realize the people the oppressed might actually have some brains in their heads. Also around the time when blacks decided it was enough and wanted to be able to vote. It all started in 1870 when only men were allowed to vote, no women allowed. Especially not the black people, they were even below the women. Black women were the worst from their upper class perspective, they were women and black; a double negative for sure. Because of this, the blacks led a peaceful protest in 1932. At the peaceful march, they were ambushed. The bystanders decided that it was a good idea to use tear gas to blind the protestors. Then they came in with clubs and bats, while the protesters and black bystanders were blinded by the gas. If I am correct, six black people were killed/missed in cold blood on the streets of Alabama. More were injured and taken to the hospitals where they were ignored because of their skin tone. (“Urofsky”) Schools, Transportation and Government all bore the brunt of segregation in the south. It not only affected the blacks, but also all of