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Historical Event

 * Education of the Black Population**[[image:school_detail.jpg width="262" height="138" align="right"]]

After the Civil War most blacks were just freed from slavery and they did no have money or many job opportunities. Because of this lack of money and work, most black families could not not afford to send their kids to school. Also because of the racism mainly in the South, some would refuse to teach the blacks because of their skin color. This dilemma caused many mixed reactions throughout the public and many tried and failed to solve the problem. There were some successful organizations that tried to help the cause such as the American Missionary Association. The american missionary association was a religous group that established schools to educate the black population. They established many schools and a few colleges. Even through all of their hardwork however, they still did not manage to teach a good number of the population.

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