DiscussionMeeting
Black Educators & The Struggle for Justice in Schools ft. Vanessa Siddle Walker
Black educators were essential to the legal victory that was Brown vs. Board of Education, but over time, they saw the promise of greater access and greater equity grow dimmer, undermined by the way this now-iconic legal milestone was actually implemented. In a forum ranging widely over the past, present, and future of the long fight for justice in American schools, Emory University historian Vanessa Siddle Walker will explore the pedagogical and advocacy models that black educators developed, despite Jim Crow, that they hoped would be enhanced with the dismantling of racist school policies. She’ll describe how these practitioners came to make sense of what ultimately became a desegregation compromise, as the ruling took effect. And in a follow-on conversation moderated by HGSE assistant professor Jarvis Givens, Walker will be joined by Edith Bazile, the president of the Black Educators’ Alliance of Massachusetts, to examine the contemporary legacy of Brown – and how the perspectives of those earlier practitioners can create a new lens through which to view the continuing critical challenges of race and education today.
PLEASE NOTE: Seating for this forum will be available on a first come, first seated basis.
| Location | Harvard Graduate School of Education Longfellow Hall, 13 Appian Way Cambridge, MA 02138 |
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| Type of Event | Community Programming, Forum, Question & Answer Session |
| Program/Department | Askwith Forum |
| Building/Room | Askwith Hall |
| Contact Name | Roger Falcon |
| Contact Email | askwith@gse.harvard.edu |
| Contact Phone | 617-384-9968 |
| Sponsoring Organization/Department | Harvard Graduate School of Education |
| Registration Required | No |
| Admission Fee | This event is free and open to the public. |
| RSVP Required | No |
| Featured Event | Askwith Forums |
*Note the 4 p.m. start time*
Speaker: Vanessa Siddle Walker, Ed.M.’85, Ed.D.’88, president-elect, American Educational Research Association (AERA); Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of African American and Educational Studies, Emory University
Discussant: Edith Bazile, president, Black Educators’ Alliance of Massachusetts
Moderator: Jarvis Givens, assistant professor of education, HGSE; Suzanne Young Murray Assistant Professor, Radcliffe Institute
