1800's -
*The American Civil War leads to increased pressure to educate black adults and children that had been excluded from all formal education previously.
*The Port Royal Experiment leads to the freeing of 10,000's slaves. General TW Sherman requests the federal government send facilitators to educate the freed slaves.
*The Morrill Land Grant College Act allowed colleges to receive land from the federal government so that they could build post secondary school buildings that would allow for teaching of agricultural, technical, and mechanical subjects; expanding on what was previously considered useful knowledge.
*Chataqua Movement provided educational lectures that gave a liberal college experience to adults, thus expanding on adult education.
*The Hull House is founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Starr that was a community outreach program that served Chicago. One of the first of its kind.
1900"s -
*Southern Literacy Campaign was created to eradicate illiteracy among blacks in the southern states. This campaign lasted two decades.
*The National Safety Council was formed to bring safety education to the industrial movement all across the country.
*The Harlem Renaissance is a true boom of intellect, music, art, and literature that spread through Harlem between the first and second World War.
*The Worker's Education Bureau is formed to ensure that American workers were educated and aware citizens.
*The Department of Adult Education is formed to educate migrant citizens, but eventually the scope expands to cover other areas of study.
*Highland Research and Education Center is established. It is instrumental in the education and activities of worker's education, then civil rights, then Appalachian issues.
*John Dewey publishes Freedom and Culture. This is just one of many of his books. He is considered a leader in adult education.
*GI Bill of Rights is passed, giving military men and women the option to further their education with government funding.
*The Adult Education Association was formed on the philosophy that the purpose of adult education was to make social action and social change.
*The Higher Education Act is established, providing funds for learners. This later results in the Pell Grant and the Stafford Loans to help students pay for higher education.
*Malcome Knowles publishes "The Modern Practice of Adult Education: Andragogy vs. Pedagogy".
*Paulo Freire, a Brazillian radical educator and philosopher publishes The Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
*The US Department of Education is created to allow for more federal funding to go into educational programs.
All information provided by Nadi Bishop (2007).