"I Don’t Feel Noways Tired": Why Black Teachers Will Persevere Through the Anti-Truth Movement

• In Event: Black Educators' Enduring Fight for Educational Equity

Abstract

Throughout the history of the United States, Black teachers have made a point of discussing race and racism with their students, regardless of facing backlash that has resulted in wrongful terminations. Understanding what’s at stake, they continued instructing on these topics, feeling that it’s their responsibility to establish spaces of care, safety, and healing. Despite historic and current legislative setbacks like anti-CRT (laws), Black educators have taken on the task of resistance in education. In this paper, we use fugitivity and BlackCrit as a theoretical framework to “map” a historical timeline of how Black teachers have done this work for centuries, arguing that they will continue to do so despite legislation that makes engaging in this work a punishable offense.

Authors

• Alex E. Chisholm, Clemson University

• Terrance Joshua Lewis, University of Alabama