Segregation Scholarships | Investing in Black Education
Season 8
Episode 13
About the Episode
In Southern and bordering states, Black Americans were left out of post-baccalaureate education. To study in the North where they would be welcomed, taxes turned scholarships were given to students by these states. But the opportunity hid the fact that segregation in education remained.
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