They developed what Jarvis Givens calls a tradition of “fugitive pedagogy”-a theory and practice of Black education epitomized by Carter G. African Americans pursued education through clandestine means, often in defiance of law and custom, even under threat of violence. Imani Perry, author of May We Forever Stand: A History of the Black National Anthemīlack education was subversive from its inception. Woodson, one of the most important educators and intellectuals of the twentieth century, to his rightful place alongside figures like W. Randal Maurice Jelks, Los Angeles Review of Books “A long-overdue labor of love and analysis…that would make Woodson, the ever-rigorous teacher, proud.” “Informative and inspiring…An homage to the achievement of an often-forgotten racial pioneer.” “As departments…scramble to decolonize their curriculum, Givens illuminates a longstanding counter-canon in predominantly black schools and colleges.” Their subversive methods continue to provide a model today. Woodson and his followers, who undertook the radical act of educating Black children. Jarvis Givens returns to the classrooms of Jim Crow to highlight the forgotten work of Carter G. The story of Black education is about more than desegregation and inclusion in mainstream schooling.
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