... does not fit with prevalent conceptions of what the black freedom struggle looked like." (Freedom North, Jeanne F. Theoharis and Komozi Woodard 138).Political activists Ruth Batson and Ellen Jackson were instrumental in attempting to bridge the gap between the educational disparities in predominantly black schools and the traditionally white schools. Segregation in the schools was a major cause of concern because ... at white schools. Hence black students were not being provided with the necessary tools to compete with a well educated white peer for a job. The fight for desegregation was ...

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