When There Is A Will, Some Black Knows How To Read It.

Theres a saying that goes, "when there is a will there is a way". The portion of the article that i read focused on blacks gaining literacy through different outlets. During the 1800s and early 1900s, blacks began gaining literacy through their superiors. Becuase blacks were looked down upon, whites did not feel the need to hide anything from them such as books, the Bible, or legal documents. Ignorance made it possible for blacks to learn because white did not think they were capable of learning. While others believed that literacy would allow Blacks to revolt and rebel against their superiors and take over.
Little to their knowledge, blacks began teaching each other how to read and write. Soon, schools began opening which allowed blacks to learn. Though there was much persecution for this, blacks never gave up the write to learn. The necessity to learn became the true outlet from oppression because of the opportunities it allowed for black women and men. Public, Sabbatical, and Private schools began opening which focused primarily on the literacy and trade. Literate Blacks began to open doors for other blacks through teaching schools, missionary, and seminaries. These schools allowed blacks to gain literacy in different ways that once were not possible. Literacy allowed newly freed blacks the chances to better themselves, allowing many of them to further there education if allowed. Spelman seminary, Salem Normal School, and Miner Teachers College were a few of the early schools that empowered blacks that are still decades later working to advance blacks in the world through literacy.