Education as freedom : African American educational thought and activism / edited by Noel S. Anderson and Haroon Kharem.

Other author Anderson, Noel S., 1970-
Other author Kharem, Haroon.
Format Book
Publication InfoLanham : Lexington Books, ©2009.
Descriptionxvi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction. "Education as freedom: African American educational thought and activism" / Noel S. Anderson and Haroon Kharem -- From bondage to freedom: early African American educational thought and activism -- "Medical doctor, integrationist and black nationalist: Dr. James McCune Smith and the dilemma of antebellum intellectual black activist" / Haroon Kharem -- John Mercer Langston and the shaping of African American education in the nineteenth century / Judith E. King-Calnek -- On classical versus vocational training: the educational ideas of Anna Julia Cooper and Nannie Helen Burroughs / Karen A. Johnson -- This skin I'm in: African American identity and education -- Womanist conceptualizations of African-centered critical multiculturalism: creating new possibilities of thinking about social justice / Sabrina N. Ross -- The performance gap: stereotype threat, assessment and the education of African American children / Eric A. Hurley -- Katherine Dunham: decolonizing dance education / Ojeya Cruz Banks -- Advancing the race: African American education and social progress -- Live the truth: politics and pedagogy in the African American movement for freedom and liberation / Daniel Perlstein -- Black schools, white schools: Derrick Bell, race and the failure of the integration ideal in Brown / Noel S. Anderson -- Research for liberation: Du Bois, the Chicago school and the development of black emancipatory action research / A.A. Akom -- Work cited -- Index -- About the contributors.
Local noteLittle-359575--305131065308Z
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008035877
ISBN9780739120682 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0739120689 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780739132609 (electronic)
ISBN0739132601 (electronic)