A Bus Ticket and a World Away

After closing the schools in Prince Edward county and the white leaders there opened a private school only for whites, black children and their families had to find any chance to their children have a education. Many of those families, at first didn't believe that the schools were going to stay close for too long, so they decided to wait until the first day of class started. However, this day never came and as a result, they didn't even have plans for their children's education that year. Many of them, sent their children away to their relatives, others tried to send their kids to a learning center and other simply let their children wait for the school reopen at home. Children at first were happy, kind of like a vacation (Id feel the same), but after a long time without school they really felt that they aren't going to have the opportunity to study as white children in the county had it. Also, there were some white kids couldn't go to the private school due to their socioeconomic situation, and they just stayed home with their parents and help them with their farms. However, I think black families were way more concerned about their children not getting an education than white poor families. Maybe because they wanted something different for their children that a good education can give; they want their children to have a different future, to get a good job and to be around good environment. All of these opportunities can be open with just a good education. That's why they tried so hard for their children to go to the school sending them away, working hard for give them what they need, and even if they didn't have relatives to help them, they'd find a way to for their children to go to the school. maybe their children would not understand at the time, but surely later they're gonna be really grateful for the hard work that their parents did for them.