African American Education in Virginia During the Jim Crow Era

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K-12 Objectives:

• Students will learn about the inequalities of the education between whites and blacks in 1934.
• Students will learn about the concerns of the black community.

• Students will be able to analyze primary source materials and make generalizations based on their reading
• Students will be able to form a persuasive argument based on ideas and information they gathered from primary resources

This lesson was created by Tom Fallace, University of Virginia. The background essays were written  by Risa Anne Ryland, University of Virginia.