The slaves didn’t have 12 years of free schooling, they had a good excuse.
“Free” schooling? we are paying more for it per pupil than ever! If money spent paralleled results, even with inflation, we should be raising an army of highly skilled geniuses, taught by equally brilliant educators.
Actually, I feel sorry for her, because she is a victim, doomed to fail LONG before she was born - around 1965, I would say. If a total miracle took place tomorrow, it would take 50 years to undo the damage. But it’s got to start somewhere.
Many slaves had the desire to learn and better themselves and some taught themselves to read and worked hard to pass that knowledge on to others.
I wish Rev Martin Luther King was still alive. I don't think he would approve of Al not so sharp Ton or Jessie race baiter Jackson.
The lack of education was because their Democrat owners knew then what they know now; education is the gateway to true freedom.