[RedWulf]

>Why were literacy rates higher for blacks than whites in America 100+ years ago?

Got some evidence of that? Things like literacy tests wouldn't have been effective in suppressing the black vote if this was true.

>In the days of segregation, some of the highest achieving high schools in the country were poor, black, inner-city schools.

The inner city black areas didn't exist until the 60-70s public housing projects after the end of segregation. Thus your reference couldn't possibly be true.

[Forgotten Amendments]

OK, the literacy rates in DC were higher for blacks in the early 20th Century. Not the whole country.

The inner city black areas didn't exist until the 60-70s public housing projects after the end of segregation. Thus your reference couldn't possibly be true.

Huh? Ever hear of Harlem? Anacostia or the U Street Corridor in DC? Pre-1954 the top academic public schools in DC & Baltimore were black. Read the school choice lit.