The Power of Education
While Sarah was technically a “free” child in the legal sense, she still faced extreme adversity. Racial divisions didn’t just disappear overnight, and Sarah received much racial and economic prejudice throughout her entire life. During her childhood, Sarah received only three months of formal education.
The Breedlove cabin in Delta, Louisiana.
These three months took place during Sunday school lessons at a church she attended. During the Reconstruction era, Black people in the former slave states realized that education was vital for their path towards achieving equality. While poverty and former slaveholders stood in their way, Black people still found a way to get an education, even if it was for a few months, by creating a series of schools at local churches.