{"id":12183,"date":"2022-03-14T10:38:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T10:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/?page_id=12183"},"modified":"2022-04-27T08:45:33","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T07:45:33","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_custom color_primary with_shape\"><div class=\"l-section-shape type_triangle-2 pos_bottom\" style=\"height:6vh;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 8\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\">\r\n\t<path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M64 8 L0 8 L0 0 L48 7.9 L64 0 Z\"\/>\r\n<\/svg><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 class=\"w-post-elm post_title entry-title color_link_inherit\">Education<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_916d5e53 height_custom\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_12109 cols_3 pagination_ajax overflow_hidden\" id=\"us_grid_1\" style=\"--gap:15px;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:1024px){#us_grid_1 .w-grid-item{width:50%}}@media (max-width:600px){#us_grid_1 .w-grid-list{margin:0}#us_grid_1 .w-grid-item{width:100%;padding:0;margin-bottom:var(--gap,0px)}}.layout_12109 .w-grid-item-h{background:var(--color-footer-bg);border-radius:1.25rem;box-shadow:0 0.04rem 0.08rem rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0 0.13rem 0.4rem rgba(0,0,0,0.1);transition-duration:0.3s}.no-touch .layout_12109 .w-grid-item-h:hover{box-shadow:0 0.16rem 0.32rem rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0 0.53rem 1.6rem rgba(0,0,0,0.15);z-index:4}.layout_12109 .usg_vwrapper_1{transition-duration:0.3s;transform-origin:50% 50%;transform:scale(1) translate(0%,0%)}.layout_12109 .w-grid-item-h:hover .usg_vwrapper_1{transform:scale(1) translate(0%,0%);opacity:1;background:var(--color-content-primary)!important;color:#ffffff!important}.layout_12109 .usg_post_title_1{color:#f5f5f5!important;font-size:1.8rem!important;margin-bottom:5%!important}.layout_12109 .usg_vwrapper_1{border-radius:20px!important;background:var(--color-footer-bg)!important;padding:1rem 1.5rem 1rem 1.5rem!important;box-shadow:0 10px 30px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.12)!important}.layout_12109 .usg_post_content_1{color:#f5f5f5!important}<\/style><div class=\"w-grid-list\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-12693 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-education\" data-id=\"12693\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/beryl-agatha-gilroy-nee-answick\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Beryl Agatha Gilroy\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/beryl-agatha-gilroy-nee-answick\/\">Beryl Agatha Gilroy<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">A teacher, novelist, an ethno-psychotherapist, and poet who has been described as one of Britain&#8217;s most significant post-war Caribbean migrants\u2019 part of the Windrush generation.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-717 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-education\" data-id=\"717\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/betty-campbell-mbe\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Betty Campbell MBE\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/betty-campbell-mbe\/\">Betty Campbell MBE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Betty Campbell MBE was a Welsh community activist, who was Wales&#8217; first black head teacher.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-14465 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-education\" data-id=\"14465\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/bobby-william-austin\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Bobby William Austin\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/bobby-william-austin\/\">Bobby William Austin<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">He is an American sociologist, lecturer, and writer. He is a leading scholar on African American men and boys and was the first person, as&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-12795 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish hentry us_portfolio_category-education\" data-id=\"12795\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/booker-taliaferro-washington\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Booker Taliaferro Washington\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/booker-taliaferro-washington\/\">Booker Taliaferro Washington<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Booker T Washington was the founder of the new Tuskegee Institute, created for the higher education of Black people.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-14472 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-education\" data-id=\"14472\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/carlotta-walls-lanier\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Carlotta Walls LaNier\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/carlotta-walls-lanier\/\">Carlotta Walls LaNier<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">She was the first Black female to graduate from Central High School.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-12740 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish hentry us_portfolio_category-education\" data-id=\"12740\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/edmund-wyatt-gordon\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Edmund Wyatt Gordon\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/edmund-wyatt-gordon\/\">Edmund Wyatt Gordon<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Edmund Wyatt Gordon was a professor of psychology and had a tremendous influence on contemporary thinking in psychology, education and social policy and the implications&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13874 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-education\" data-id=\"13874\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/fatima-al-fihri\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Fatima al-Fihri\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/fatima-al-fihri\/\">Fatima al-Fihri<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">During her lifetime, Fatima was called the &#8220;mother of boys&#8221;. 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