68.021 - Innovations: Exploring Theoretical and Methodological Approaches in the History of Black Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session, comprised of three papers, proposes novel theoretical and methodological approaches in the history of African American education. Drawing upon literature both within and outside of the history of African American education, the panelists re-examine black education in antebellum Louisiana; the activities of post-Emancipation black women school founders; and the links between education and freedom in African American thought.

Sub Unit

• Division F - Historical Inquiry in Education

Chair

• Derrick Alridge, University of Virginia

Papers

• Theorizing "Freedom" and "Affect" Through the History of Black Education: A New Analytical Framework - Jarvis Ray Givens, Harvard University

• Pedagogies of Dissemblance: The Black Women's Club Movement and Education as a Tool Against Sexual Exploitation - Lindsey Elizabeth Jones, University of Virginia

• Providing a "Usable Past": Reconciling Secondary and Primary Sources in Black Education History - Alisha Johnson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Discussant

• Derrick Alridge, University of Virginia