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Returning to Detroit in 1863, she founded a private elementary school for Black children where she taught for five years. Her next move was a result of the Detroit Board of Education opening Colored School No. 2 where she received a teaching position in 1868. During this time she protested vehemently against Detroit's segregated school system. Her work was rewarded when the Michigan Supreme Court in 1871 ordered the Board of Education to abolish separate schools for black and white students. As a result of that action, the newly integrated Everett Elementary School became [Fannie M. Richards]' home for the next 44 years.
From an early age, Richards realized the necessity of an education and the fight it would take for her to gain it. Because of the restrictions in the southern states toward free Blacks, her family moved to Toronto where Fannie attended Toronto Normal School.See the full content of this document
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Detroit Educational Breakthroughs
Fannie M. Richards
(1840-1922)Inducted: 1990Era: HistoricalGroup: African AmericanArea of Achievemen...See the full content of this document
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