Montgomery History will host a virtual talk on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at 2 p.m. about school segregation in Montgomery County. Historian Ralph Buglass will discuss the county’s history of racial disparities in education.
Public education was denied to enslaved people and remained unequal for Black children after emancipation. Montgomery County did not extend public schooling to Black students until a decade after white students received it. Even then, schools remained separate and unequal, with no Black high school built until well into the 20th century.
Buglass will highlight surviving school buildings from segregation, including those funded by Booker T. Washington and philanthropist Julius Rosenwald. Their partnership helped improve Black education across the South.
The free event will be held on Zoom. Registration is required.
For more information, visit MontgomeryHistory.org.
