Thanks to Daryl for this link commenting on the growth of African-American homeschoolers.  For years, because most homeschoolers were not ethnic minorities, the media and therefore the public, thought of homeschooling as not being as open to African-Americans. Some African-American parents have told me that they would not feel comfortable at a homeschool meeting, support group or conference in which they were the only African-Americans present. This is in part because the parents did not want their children to be the "onlies".  I can not necessarily explain these feelings.  I just know them to be true for some.

Check out my in-depth article on this topic here.

Thank goodness enough pioneering African-American homeschoolers persevered and paved the way for this new generation of African-American homeschoolers.  There are many more support groups today that  are diverse compared to even a few years ago, I am told by veteran homeschoolers in my area.

I believe that the number of African-Americans and other under-represented groups homeschooling will continue to rise as homeschooling in general becomes more diverse and as entrepreneurial homeschooling families continue to provide products and services that make homeschooling a little easier and therefore more accessible to all.

And that is a good thing.

Some links to African-American Homeschooling Groups:

NAAHA

Unschoolers

Single Parents