Early American Education and Early Education Laws

Religion was one of the greatest driving forces of the 18th century, enriching the lives of those who believed in it, and destroying the ones who did not. Higher education was introduced to the new world not so people could be doctors, but so they could be ministers and spread the word of god. The puritan inhabitants

The question of whether or not religion should be taught in public schools has been an ongoing debate among parents and teachers for decades. In the article “Religion and Education: The Pitfalls of Engaging a Complex Issue” Martin E. Marty and Jonathan Moore express their views on the matter. They express that religion in public schools could potentially bring conflict to families. They also support the other scenario that religion classes would inform students of the different beliefs of the people they will meet throughout their lives. Religion in the public school system is still an ongoing debate, one that needs to be resolved. The children that will be affected by the outcome of this debate are the future leaders of America, therefore, we should not take this decision lightly. Children everywhere and in all schools need to be taught about different religions so they can make a firm stand for what they believe in.

W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington were two very influential leaders in the black community during the late 19th century, early 20th century. However, they both had different views on improvement of social and economic standing for blacks. Booker T. Washington, an ex-slave, put into practice his educational ideas at Tuskegee, which opened in 1881. Washington stressed patience, manual training, and hard work. He believed that blacks should go to school, learn skills, and work their way up the ladder. Washington also urged blacks to accept racial discrimination for the time being, and once they worked their way up, they would gain the respect of whites and be fully accepted as citizens. W.E.B. Du Bois on the other hand, wanted a more

Education plus God equals success. While this statement is true, the job of incorporating the truth about God into everything taught is becoming increasingly more difficult. Schultz charted public education’s view of reality, truth and value throughout the history of the United States to show how an unbiblical worldview has increasingly taken hold of society, the educational system and

Born a slave on a Virginia farm, Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915) rose to become one of the most influential African-American intellectuals of the late 19th century. He was nine years old when the Civil War ended. He worked hard as a young child and at 16, he left home to attend Hampton Institute. One of the few black high schools in the South, it focused on industrial and agricultural training while maintaining an extremely structured curriculum that stressed discipline and high moral character. Washington thrived in that environment. He eventually went on to head a new school in Tuskegee, Alabama. The Tuskegee Institute was devoted to the training of black teachers, farmers, and skilled workers. Under his

47. During a smallpox epidemic in Boston in the 1720s, Puritan theologian Cotton Mather urged the population to get inoculated.

Booker T. Washington, a former slave and the founder of the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, believed that African Americans needed to accept segregation and discrimination for the time being and concentrate on elevating themselves through hard work and material prosperity. The eventual acquisition of wealth and culture by African Americans would gradually win for them the respect and acceptance of the white community. This

Two important figures in history who were well known for educating African Americans and who also changed the way the U.S education system worked were Booker T. Washington who focused on having education for real life jobs and not asking for equality from whites. He just focused on getting help from whites and accepting their place on earth. And W.E.B. du bois who focused on the exact opposite things that of booker t Washington. Du bois focused on a strategy called gradualist strategy. The gradualist political strategy focused on blacks being book smart to get anywhere in life.

Booker T. Washington rose up from slavery and illiteracy to become the foremost educator and leader of black Americans at the turn of the century. He was born on April 5, 1856 in Franklin County, Virginia. As a child he worked in the salt mines but always found time for education. Washington constantly dreamed of college but as an African American this dream was nearly impossible. His scrupulous working habits from the mines set him out for college at the Hampton Institute. He graduated in 1876 and became a teacher at a rural school. After 2 years of teaching, he went back to the Hampton Institute and was a “professor” here for 2 more years. His next challenge would be at a new all black college, Tuskegee Institute where he would become president. Under Washington's leadership (1881-1915), Tuskegee Institute became an important force in black education. Washington won a Harvard honorary degree in 1891.

A second great awakening emerged toward the end of the eighteenth century in New England. Unlike the first great awakening, this movement of the Holy Spirit used intellectual institutions of higher learning as the spark that ignited this awakening that eventually spread across this new nation. Yale University with its president, Timothy Dwight, the grandson of Jonathan Edwards is seen as one ignition points of this movement. The early fruit of this movement included the founding of many organizations dedicated to making the gospel known across this new land and across the globe. Mission organizations such as the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions are seen as a direct fruit of this movement.

Washington went to school at Tuskegee Institute; it is a historically black college in Alabama. He spoke on the lynching that was going on in his speech “Atlanta Compromise”. He really was recognized from that speech. Booker T. mastered the nuances of the political arena in the late 19th century, which enabled him to manipulate the media, raise money, strategize, network, pressure, reward friends and distribute funds while punishing those who opposed his plans for uplifting blacks. He was trying to end disenfranchisement. People never knew but he worked in salt furnaces and coal mines to earn money for school. He went to Hampton Institute and Wayland Seminary but did not stay long. He went all over sharing his knowledge with others. Some people criticized how he did things. Booker was generally perceived as a supporter of education for freedmen and their descendants in the post-Reconstruction. He felt that support from whites would help segregation in the long run. He believed that by providing needed skills to society, black would play their part, leading to acceptance by white Americans. Everything that he knew about history and everything that is going on was brought to him by his own knowledge. He taught himself majority of the things he knew. He then created many different funds to support those who needed it and other foundations that could benefit in any way

Living in the 1800’s was not an easy task. This was the time of child labor and little to no education for kids. The time of having to walk 2-3 miles anywhere and making sure the crops were well enough to sell in the markets. The time of Westward Expansion and the genocide of Native Americans. Eleazar Wheelock, a Puritan minister from Columbia, CT was the one who founded Dartmouth. He initially established the school to train Native Americans as Christian missionaries. His inspiration for the school first came about due to his relationship with a Mohegan Indian Samson Occom. The name of the school was to be Moor’s Indian Charity School and was officially established in 1755. It was somewhat successful, but they still needed more funding in order to maintain the schools operations. Wheelock and Occom decided to go to England in 1766 to raise money for the school. Once they raised enough, they made a trust to help the school.

One of the most powerful black leaders to have ever live, this is what some people argued of Booker T. Washington. With a black mother and white father he never knew, Washington was born into slavery near Hale’s Ford in Franklin County, Virginia. He worked growing up, and then attended Hampton Institute, a school designed to educate African and Native Americans. I don’t think he knew, that anybody knew, how much he would change the world over his lifetime. There were many racists view’s back then. Booker T. Washington learned how to work around whites to get what he wanted, and took many tours around the United States to teach other blacks.

There have been many African American influential figures who have done extraordinary things to try and advance the African American race as a whole. Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois are just to name two of these influential figures. Booker T. Washington has showed us that African Americans can advance from being in horrendous situations. He was once born a slave on a farm in virginia and became one of the most influential African American intellectuals of the late 19th century. He founded the Tuskegee institute, a black school in Alabama. He also formed the National Negro Business league, and even served as an Advisor to the presidents Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. W.E.B Du Bois has shown us that African Americans

Booker T. Washington was known as the “Moses of his race” (448). Washington desired for African Americans to be able to enter and integrate with the white community peacefully. How did he propose this should happen? He promoted an educational program that focused on vocational training. He became the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute. The Tuskegee Institute trained African Americans in different agricultural and mechanical jobs. Washington desired to impart Christian virtues in the students of Tuskegee Institute. He also encouraged the students to be disciplined. In his speech the “Atlanta Compromise,” he proposed that African Americans should suspend their pursuit for equal rights. Instead, they should focus their energy and attention on gaining “low-level