The Popular Ideology of Segregated Schooling: Attitudes toward the Education of Blacks in Kansas, 1854-1900

Photos and article about segregated education in later 19th century Kansas. Well-documented essay exploring "the grass-roots attitudes toward the schooling of black Americans in Kansas, a Great Plains state which throughout the 19th century prided itself as a political entity dedicated to the principles of freedom and justice." Examines the changing situations pertaining to the "race problem" as more African Americans entered the state after the Civil War and attitudes hardened toward because of "racial prejudice" (page 264) related to providing equal and integrated education to blacks and whites. Portrays various sides of the sitation, from legislators views to those of the press, "[o]rganized black public opinion" (page 260), and others.