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By 1837 the Society supported three schools and an attendance of two hundred, at the time, the only free schools in the city. In 1841, Dr. Zina Pitcher, mayor of Detroit, pointed out that the city’s youth spent idle hours in wretched conditions.
Early American Detroit (1787-1820) 1793: Jacob Young purchases land from a French settler and becomes the first black person to own land in Detroit. 1794: American general Anthony Wayne defeats 50 British troops and Native Americans from Detroit at the Battle of Fallen Timbers, south of Toledo, Ohio. 1796: July 11.
Sep 13, 2016 · There was a major Michigan court case that could have ended segregated schools and made it possible for children to have a good education no matter where they lived. Here's how that court case might have made a difference today.
- Lester Graham
Mar 18, 2015 · But did you know that the University of Michigan began in Detroit, too? And it was on this date in 1837 that the Legislature granted the school permission to relocate to Ann Arbor.
1826: The U.S. removes troops from Fort Shelby. Plans to demolish the fort are laid, and the government donates the land to the city. 1827: Wayne County is divided into townships: Brownstown, Bucklin, Detroit, Ecorse, Hamtramck, Huron, Manguagon, Plymouth and Springwells.
Sep 14, 2015 · The secularization of the American school system began in 1837 when Horace Mann, considered the father of American public education, became the first secretary of the Massachusetts State School Board. Mann organized universal education for the entire state of Massachusetts, and these were known as “Public” or “Common” schools.
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The seeds of the Detroit Public School System are to be found in ter-ritorial legislative enactments of 1827 and 1833, although the beginning of "public and free" schools dates from February 17, 1842. On April 12, 1827, the Legislative Council of Michigan territory passed two acts, one establishing the town-ship of Detroit and the other an
