African Americans and Education: A Contested History

This essay traces the history of African resistance to Euro-subjugation in the United States. The author notes the important role of the Black church during slavery as central institution for the subversive work of liberation. However, the essay focuses primarily on the post civil-war era as it was...

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Published inSouls (Boulder, Colo.) Vol. 12; no. 3; pp. 197 - 215
Main Author Malott, Curry Stephenson
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis Group 20.08.2010
Subjects
black church
civil rights
civil war
critical pedagogy
leadership
Manning Marable
Mumia Abu Jamal
slavery
W. E. B. Du Bois
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Summary:This essay traces the history of African resistance to Euro-subjugation in the United States. The author notes the important role of the Black church during slavery as central institution for the subversive work of liberation. However, the essay focuses primarily on the post civil-war era as it was this period when American capitalists began to construct an education for African Americans as a transition from chattel slavery to wage slavery. It is within this context that the critical traditions of Du Bois and others emerged offering a real challenge to America's racist domesticating education for capital. The piece concludes revisiting the role critical pedagogy can continue to play in carrying on the unfinished project of the Black church, Du Bois, and other African freedom fighters in America.
ISSN:1099-9949
1548-3843
DOI:10.1080/10999949.2010.499783