Ashley Saporito and Morgan Robertson-TKAM 1930s research

After the Civil War, most states in the south passed anti-African American legislation. It became known as Jim Crow Laws. Some laws that were included in this discriminated against African Americans attending public schools. It also included the use of facilitiles such as restaurants, hotels, and theaters. In many states, marriage between whites and African American people were not allowed. Trains and buses were also segregated.

In the 1930s, education was racially segregated. In many places, segregation was the law, especially in the South. Because African Americans were usually the poorest memebers of communities, the neighborhood schools suffered from not being able to raise funds for teacher salaries and maintenance. They were also not represented on most school boards, in result of that, they were unable to get better funding for their schools. They only received 12 percent of all education revenues and only 3 percent of funds went towards school transportation.