[1][2] The group's mission was to "actively support parental choice to empower families and to increase quality educational options for Black children".
Black Alliance for Educational Options' chairman in 2002, Howard Fuller, was a former schools superintendent in Milwaukee where the first voucher program in the U.S. was established.
[1] Gerard Robinson was the group's president[2] until his appointment as Education Secretary for the state of Virginia.
[3] In 2013, the group opposed a Federal lawsuit seeking to block a voucher program in Louisiana.
The group's board of directors has included: Funding support has come from the Bradley Foundation.