Amos Bronson Alcott, a man once described as the most intelligent person of his era, developed the concept of recess for students as well as the concept of raising ones hand in class. Alcott believed in desegregated classes, mixing both Caucasian and African American students during the 19th century. Alcott fulfilled his dream of opening an adult educational institution in 1879 which he entitled “The Concord School of Philosophy and Literature” in Orchid House which was the Alcott family home in Concord, United States of America
