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Education and Culture
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Public Education Reformers –Civic affairs, good jobs Requirements –12-16 wks yr –Ages 8-14 –Reading, writing and arithmetic Problems –Rote memorization –Abuse –African American system- 1940 “Spare the rod and spoil the child”
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Immigrants Encouraged to go to school Suppression of native lang. Discrimination against Catholics
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Higher Education 2.3% went to college –Grew 4x 1900-1920 Research universities –Psych, sociology, engineering, etc. –Funded by capitalists- why? –Medical universities- How did they learn from History?
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African American Leaders W.E.B. Dubois –First Af. Am. To receive doctorate from Harvard –Leader of Communities to mainstream into American life Booker T. Washington –Opened own school- Tuskegee Normal School –Racism would end once Af. Am. Acquired skills
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