"The Education of The Negro has become the Perfect device for Control(by the American Government) from Without" Carter G. Woodson What if I told you that the "VERY SYSTEM" that Black People in Monroe, Louisiana have come to think of as the "GREAT EQUALIZER" that was supposed to "LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD" is the very same "SYSTEM" that has been used as a device to Control and Oppress Black People from without for "OVER 150 YEARS?" Well, Garry Blanson, please don't keep everyone in suspense, tell us what Institution you're referring to! Ok, since you all are curious to know, the "GREAT SYSTEM" is non-other than "THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM!" Before I go any further, let me speak on the Carter G. Woodson's quote about how the Education of The Negro is a perfect device for Control of the Negro from without. You see,"CONTRARY TO WHAT MOST BLACK PEOPLE IN MONROE HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED TO THINK AND BELIEVE,"Carter G. Woodson believed that The AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM was not designed to EMPOWER BLACK PEOPLE, BUT TO OPPRESS THEM!" How might this be done you ask, "BY CONTROLLING HOW BLACK PEOPLE THINK, OF COURSE!". Additionally, in his great "NEGRO CLASSIC" book,"THE MISEDUCATION OF THE NEGRO," Carter G. Woodson said,"WHEN YOU CONTROL A MAN'S THINKING, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT HIS ACTIONS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU DETERMINE WHAT A MAN SHALL THINK, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CONCERN YOURSELF ABOUT WHAT HE WILL DO!" Thus, by controlling how Black People think, "YOU RETARD THEIR POWER TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES," and this is one of the main reasons why I feel that "SCHOOLING," which is MASQUERADED and PARADED throughout our Black Communities in Monroe as "TRUE EDUCATION," continues to hinder the progress and advancement of our Black Communities in Monroe, Louisiana! Therefore, I certainly have to agree with Carter G. Woodson's assertion about The American Education System being a perfect device for Control from without. Now, on to this week's Black Pioneer,Pythina "Pye" Brown! In 1929, the same year that Martin Luther King Jr. was born, about 9 miles out of Shreveport, Louisiana, in a rural town known as Blanchard, the Brown family welcomed their little baby girl, Pythina "Pye" Brown, into the world! When it came time for Pye to attend school, her father insisted that she attend a city school in Shreveport, which meant that Pye could attend school in Shreveport during the week, and return to her home in Blanchard on the weekends.During her time in school there was a popular saying,"Don't bend the Child to fit the book,Bend the book to fit the Child!"Oh how I wish that the Board of Education Members, Principals, and School Teachers of today would embrace the sentiment of that Old Adage! So through the week, this little country girl would travel all the way to Shreveport to attend Mt. Zion Elementary School, but on the weekends she would return home to be with her parents. When people would ask Pye what she wanted to be when she grew up,"SHE WOULD ALWAYS TELL THEM THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE A SCHOOL TEACHER!" As a matter of fact, from the very first time she learned about school, she knew that she wanted to be a School Teacher! Interesting, when Pye graduated from High School, she became the first member, on both sides of her family to actually graduate from High School. By the way, Pye's father had always heard that Grambling College was the place to attend if a Black Student wanted to attain a teaching degree.Therefore, he was going to have her attend Grambling, and get her Teaching Degree, however, Pye had plans of her own! Without telling her father she went and applied to become a teacher in the Lake Charles School System. For some reason or another, her contract from the Lake Charles School System was delayed in the mail to the point that she almost took a teaching job in Caddo Parish, which she really was against doing. Days before she was to become a Teacher in Caddo Parish, something told her to check the mail one last time, and it was a good thing that she did,"FOR INCLUDED IN THE MAIL FOR HER FAMILY WAS THE TEACHER'S CONTRACT THAT SHE HAD BEEN EXPECTING!" A couple of weeks later, Pye began her teaching career at The First Ward Colored School in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where she ended up teaching for 17 years. Furthermore, to this day Pythina "Pye" Brown is remembered as A Black Trailblazer and Heroine in the City of Lake Charles, Louisiana!
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