Oberlin+College

In 1835, Oberlin College, in Oberlin, Ohio, became the first college in the United States to admit African-American students. The first two African-American students that Oberlin accpeted were James Bradley and Charles Langston. Before 1835, it was mostly believed that African-Americans could not/should not go to college because African-Americans were not allowed to go to college. And since 1835 was when slavery existed, it was especially difficult for African-Americans to get any sort of higher education. After Oberlin started to accept African-Americans, it was believed that everyone could go to college and African-Americans started to go to college more often, but since slavery still existed, it was still extremely difficult for any African-American to go to college. Even after Oberlin started accepting African-Americans, it was still hard for African-Americans to go to college because, it was 1835 and slavery was still legal in the United States, and even in the North, where there was a lot less slavery than in the South, a lot of people were still racist, so getting into college as an African-American was a difficult task indeed. And also, Oberlin College was the only college in the nation that accpeted African-Americans, so if an African-American student did not get into Oberlin, there was nowhere else for him to go. 1. [|www.oberlin.edu/archive/holdings/finding/RG5/SG4/S3/2002intro.html] 2. [|en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberlin_College] 3. [|historyeducationinfo.com/edu7.htm]
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