1st Edition

Black Intellectual Thought in Education The Missing Traditions of Anna Julia Cooper, Carter G. Woodson, and Alain LeRoy Locke

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

210 Pages
by Routledge

Black Intellectual Thought in Education celebrates the exceptional academic contributions of African-American education scholars Anna Julia Cooper, Carter G. Woodson, and Alain Leroy Locke to the causes of social science, education, and democracy in America. By focusing on the lives and projects of these three figures specifically, it offers a powerful counter-narrative to the dominant,... Read more
Preface. Introduction. 1. Black Intellectual Thought: A Cacophony of Experiences, Movements, and Ideas. 2. A Great American Voice for Democracy: Anna Julia Cooper. 3. Carter G. Woodson Against the World: A Racial Project of Freedom and Resistance. 4. To Capture the Elusive: Alain Locke on Diversity, Cultural Knowledge and Race. Epilogue: On Black Intellectual Thought: The Matter of Black Lives

Biography

Carl A. Grant is Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Keffrelyn D. Brown is Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin.

Anthony L. Brown is Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin.

"Black Intellectual Thought is a timely book and one that should be required reading for adult education, higher education, teacher education, philosophy of education, history of education, and leadership in education. Grant, Brown, and Brown have opened the door for faculty to include more work about African American scholar activists."

 - LaVerne Gyant, Northern Illinois University, USA

"Grant, K. Brown, & A. Brown are absolutely correct in their thesis that the scholars whose work is most frequently marshaled in educational theory are White and male, and their attempt to bring Black scholars’ work into the spotlight is greatly appreciated...While there are regular discussions about diversifying the field of classroom teachers and the field of teacher education, we must also diversify the intellectual frameworks that we apply in our research and our analyses. This book is a step in that direction."

--Journal of Social Studies Research, Volume 41, Issue 4, October 2017