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“ Like the Sunlight of Heaven” The African American Quest  for Education,  Providence: 1819-1866
African American Educational Opportunities prior to 1820 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
African Union Meeting  and School House ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
School Act of 1828 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
“Colored” Schools ,[object Object],[object Object],Old Brick  Schoolhouse,  site of Meeting Street School
School Committee Records Providence School Committee, meeting minutes, 1837 Payment authorization for repairs to  “African School House,” 1831 Count of Students attending the “African Schools,” 1837
Providence School System, 1850 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Map of Providence, 1849
Problems with “Colored” Schools ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Desegregation Campaign George Henry George Downing Petition to legislature for equal school rights, 1864
Public Appeals
Public Law 1866, Chapter 609
High School Enrollment Maritcha  Rémond  Lyons, first African American graduate of Providence High Providence  High  School

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Providence School Desegregation, 1819-1866