American infiltration and progression of Marxism
Critical Race Theory is getting in the spotlight but this movement towards a Marxist Utopia didn't happen overnight. April 23, 1635, the first public school in what would become the United States was established in Boston, Massachusetts. Massachusetts passed the first compulsory school laws in 1852. New York followed the next year, and by 1918, all American children were required to attend at least elementary school. By the late 1800's public education was motivated with unholy alliance between Owenites, who wanted public schools to promote socialism, Unitarians who wanted public schools to get rid of Calvinist influence, and Protestants who wanted public schools to counter increasing Catholic immigration. The early 1920s saw an increased membership of African Americans in the Communist Party USA because it was a space for black intellectuals to convey dissatisfaction with economic and political inequalities. It strengthened other civic organizations, such as Langston Hughes&#