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Keys to Success Black History and Blacks in U.S. History

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Keys to Success
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Reading Level

	edHelper's suggested reading level:	grades 6 to 8
	Flesch-Kincaid grade level:	6.91

Vocabulary

	challenging words:		mid-1900s, Post-Civil, tuskegee, Wilberforce, well-paying, ferguson, agency, unconstitutional, emancipation, federal, teaching, Spellman, leading, provided, founded, segregation
	content words:		Civil War, Free African-Americans, Post-Civil War, Jim Crow, Lincoln University, Wilberforce University, Howard University, Spellman College, Tuskegee Institute, Booker T.

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Keys to Success By Sharon Fabian

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¹     It was so important that many black people considered it the key to success. People provided room in their houses so that it could be achieved. Qualified persons were hunted to do the job. People gave money out of their own pockets to buy materials.
 
²     What was this key to success that African-Americans held so important in the years after the Civil War? What was it that they believed would allow them to get well-paying jobs? What did they think was needed for their children to be a success?
 
³     It was education. To many former slaves, education was seen as the key to success! That is why they found ways to provide teachers and schools even though their means were very limited.
 
⁴     Some local schools for blacks had already begun, even before the Civil War. Free African-Americans who had gained an education came back to their homes to teach others. Often, parents provided a place for the teacher to live with a family. School rooms and supplies were needed, too. With emancipation, the demand for schools grew and grew.

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Black History and Blacks in U.S. History

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United States

United States

American Government         Black History and Blacks in U.S. History         Children in History         Government Careers         Hispanic Heritage         How Can I Help?

Immigration         National Parks and Monuments         Native Americans         Presidents of the United States         Women's History

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United States History

A Nation Divided (1840-1861)         A New Nation (1776-1830)         After the Civil War (1865-1870)         American Revolution         Cold War (1947-1991)         Colonial America (1492-1776)         Lewis and Clark (1804-1806)         Pearl Harbor         Spanish American War (1898)         The 1890's         The 1900's         The 1910's         The 1920's         The 1930's

The 1940's         The 1950's         The 1960's         The 1970's         The 1980's         The 1990's         The 2000's         The Civil War (1861-1865)         The Great Depression (1929-1945)         The United States Grows (1865-1900)         The War of 1812         Wild, Wild West         World War I (1914-1918)         World War II

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