America's Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War

Building the Black Community:
The School

Reconstruction also witnessed the creation of the nation's first black colleges, including Howard University in Washington, D.C., Fisk University in Tennessee and Hampton Institute in Virginia.

Initially, these institutions emphasized the training of black teachers and by 1869, blacks outnumbered whites among the nearly 3,000 men and women teaching the freedpeople in the South.






		Building the Black Community: The School Reconstruction also witnessed the creation of the nation's first black colleges, including Howard University in Washington, D.C., Fisk University in Tennessee and Hampton Institute in Virginia. Initially, these institutions emphasized the training of black teachers and by 1869, blacks outnumbered whites among the nearly 3,000 men and women teaching the freedpeople in the South.										Previous Next Before the Civil War, only North Carolina among Southern states had established a comprehensive system of education for white children. During Reconstruction, public education came to the South.
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