Accounting for the Black Radical Tradition in the Heart of Black Pedagogy

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This panel considers how cross-disciplinary attention to historical-geospatial acuity and pedagogical materiality may render clearer a Black radical pedagogical tradition that we might otherwise lose sight of if we remained stuck in disciplinary mire. Marshaling the conceptual tools of history, religion, education, and Black Studies, we explore the historical and contextualized nuances, and future directions of the Black pedagogical tradition within movements and schools. Along with identifying the contributions of key scholars and Black organic intellectuals, our research uses student voices around the historical demand for and articulation of Black pedagogies to show what is possible in this contemporary moment.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice

Chair

• Kevin L. Clay, Rutgers University

Papers

• A Black Marxist Historical Framework to Uncover the History of Black Spiritual Activism in Education - Ashley Lipscomb, Rutgers University

• “Do the Right Thing!” Youth Participatory Action Research and Black Political Education - Kevin L. Clay, Rutgers University

• Identif(ying) the Issues of Local Oppression: Mapping the Local Character of Education for Liberation - Dara Walker, Pennsylvania State University

• Pan-African Organizing Pedagogies: Radical Praxes of Learning Across Black Social Movements - Krystal Strong, Rutgers University

• Cultivating Student Voices and Action in Social Movements Through the Black Radical Tradition - Tiffany M Nyachae, Pennsylvania State University