Promise Land School, located in Charlotte Tennessee is an example of a separate but equal education facility utilized by blacks in the fifty’s and sixty’s. Many black baby boomers started their formal education in a one room school house. This was true until the late sixties, long after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision (Brown vs. Board).
In 1954, when this landmark ruling became law of the land there were 98,000 blacks in jail. At last count, the figure has grown to 910,000 out of a total of 2.2 million or almost half (Human Rights Watch). In 1950, five out of every six black children were born into "two-parent homes". Today, over 70% are born and mostly raised by a single parent (Hymowitz). These two statistics capture the true bleakness of the situation.
The above decision force integrated public schools, but in 2010 black students still lag behind white students in all categories. A major contributor to this problem is a serious lack of role models (primarily black male), in our schools. Children emulate what they see. In many neighborhoods, children have no serious male role models so they emulate what they see: crime, drugs and they even think its okay to be a "Baby Daddy" (Urban Dictionary). This cycle must stop, or we will lose yet another generation.
In 1954, when this landmark ruling became law of the land there were 98,000 blacks in jail. At last count, the figure has grown to 910,000 out of a total of 2.2 million or almost half (Human Rights Watch). In 1950, five out of every six black children were born into "two-parent homes". Today, over 70% are born and mostly raised by a single parent (Hymowitz). These two statistics capture the true bleakness of the situation.
The above decision force integrated public schools, but in 2010 black students still lag behind white students in all categories. A major contributor to this problem is a serious lack of role models (primarily black male), in our schools. Children emulate what they see. In many neighborhoods, children have no serious male role models so they emulate what they see: crime, drugs and they even think its okay to be a "Baby Daddy" (Urban Dictionary). This cycle must stop, or we will lose yet another generation.
