Why did African American leaders accept public school segregation in the South during Reconstruction?

Integrated schools were not conveniently located in predominantly African American communities or neighborhoods.

African American families wanted their children to learn African American history and literature, something not taught in integrated schools.

The African American community feared losing funding for new school systems if they insisted on integrated schools.

Most African American landowners could not afford to pay higher property taxes that supported integrated schools.

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Leroy Arroyo

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19 November, 10:27

Why did African American leaders accept public school segregation in the South during Reconstruction?

Integrated schools were not conveniently located in predominantly African American communities or neighborhoods.

African American families wanted their children to learn African American history and literature, something not taught in integrated schools.

The African American community feared losing funding for new school systems if they insisted on integrated schools.

Most African American landowners could not afford to pay higher property taxes that supported integrated schools.

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Reid Travis · Answer 1

Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. All were enacted in the late 19th and early 20th centuries by white Democratic-dominated state legislatures after the Reconstruction period. The laws were enforced until 1965.