STRUGGLES WITH EDUCATION

African American Struggles with Education in the United States



Abstract

The African Americans were made to believe that the white people were Gods and it was for the betterment for them to be the slaves. Education was not meant for the African Americans. However, some were fortunate to attain a little education. Education has had been a major problem for the African Americans, which many African American leaders tried to solve.

Malcolm X, Fredrick Douglass, Brent Staples, and Martin Luther King are some of the influential African American leaders who have played a vital role in the progress of the African American community.

African American Struggles with Education in the United States

Introduction

The African Americans have faced many struggles to win their rights. They were badly treated by the white people and many of their generations passed away as slaves for the white people. The African Americans were made to believe that the white people were Gods and it was for the betterment for them to be the slaves. They went through worst of conditions and endured harassments, abuse and pain for many years. Education was not meant for the African Americans. However, some were fortunate to attain a little education. Some African Americans became leaders and started spreading awareness among the black people about their rights and the importance of education. Education has had been a major problem for the African Americans, which many African American leaders tried to solve.

Discussion

Malcolm X, Fredrick Douglass, Brent Staples, and Martin Luther King are some of the influential African American leaders who have played a vital role in the progress of the African American community. Their aspiration for promoting education among the African Americans greatly showed in their works. They tried their very hard to spread awareness among the African Americans about the importance of education (Douglass, 2004). Their views regarding the African American struggles of education in the United States have been alike in some ways and different in some.

From the starting of a slave's childhood, experts educate their slaves about God. Slaves were notified that God made whites to be experts and blacks to be slaves. Young children were notified that slavery was for their own protection. This did not make sense to Frederick Douglass. He yearned to understand how his expert knew what God thought. Such unsupported lies to Douglass would not be acknowledged without question (Perry, 1991). This is the ...