In the summer of 1934 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority initiated their “Summer School for Rural Teachers” in rural Lexington, Mississippi. The program was intended to improve the quality of education facilitation among Black teachers in Lexington. At this time, nearly 63% of Black teachers within the state of Mississippi were without a highschool diploma. Ida […]
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