The most influential work by "the father of Black history", reflecting the long-standing tradition of antiracist teaching pioneered by Black educators A Penguin Classic &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Mis-education of the Negro (1933) is Woodson's most popular classic work of Black social criticism, drawing on history, theory, and memoir. As both student and teacher, Woodson witnessed the distortions of Black life in the history and literature taught in schools and universities. He argued that there was a relationship between these distortions and the violence that circumscribed Black life in the material world, declaring, "There would be no lynching it if did not start in the schoolroom." Woodson's primary focus was the impact dominant modes of schooling had on Black youth. From Emancipation through the 1930s, white Americans continued to control the institutional and ideological development of Black schools, based on a system of knowledge that reinforced ideas of Black inferiority. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Across the country, Black teachers organized to make their curricula more relevant for students, and they critiqued the studious omission of Black life in formal curricula, anticipating many of the ideas appearing in Mis-education two decades later. Woodson wrote that the overrepresentation of white people and narratives of white achievement in curricula presented an outsize image of whites and their importance in the history of human progress. These distortions had the power to motivate white students to achieve and aspire and demotivate students of races that suffered under the hand of white supremacy. They cultivated an aspiration to whiteness among Black people and/or led them to despise their own race for its supposed lack of achievement. This was a systematic process of mis-education, articulating an aspect of Black America's experience that scholars before and after Woodson recognized and worked to challenge. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Woodson argued that students, teachers, and leaders needed to be educated in a manner that was accountable to Black experiences and lived realities, both past and present. With current debates over teaching race in U.S. classrooms, the ideas associated with Mis-education continue to resonate today.

The Mis-education of the Negro (Penguin Classics)

History

Woodson, Carter G.

Americas

Penguin Classics

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The Negro in Our History (1922)

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Kessinger Publishing

The Negro In Our History (1922)

By: Carter G. Woodson, Phd., Pub. 1925, Reprinted 2021, 354 pages, Index, soft cover, ISBN #0-89308-668-1. This book will make a great addition to any ones collection of research books especially when it concerns Afro-American Genealogy. This book contains the names of the Head of Household along with their approximate age, gender, and number of persons within his or her family. Information is broken down by state and then into counties. The 53 page introduction includes sections devoted to preventing the increase of the Free Negroes, the Free Negro before the Law, economic achievement along with other information concerning the Free Negro. The index for this book identifies over 40,000 individuals.

Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830

Southern Historical Press

Originally released in 1933, The Mis-Education of the Negro continues to resonate today, raising questions that readers are still trying to answer. The impact of slavery on the Black psyche is explored and questions are raised about our education system, such as what and who African Americans are educated for, the difference between education and training, and which of these African Americans are receiving. Woodson provides solutions to these challenges, but these require more study, discipline, and an Afrocentric worldview. This new edition contains a biographical profile of the author, a new introduction, and study questions.

The Mis-Education of the Negro

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

African American Images

The Mis-Education of the Negro originally published in 1933 by Dr. Carter Godwin Woodson, is arguably his greatest book. The thesis of Dr. Woodson's book is that African Americans of his time were being culturally indoctrinated, rather than taught, in American schools. This conditioning, he claims, causes African-Americans to become dependent and to seek out inferior places in the greater society of which they are a part. He challenges his readers to become autodidacts and to "do for themselves," regardless of what they were taught. The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson is a classic book and should be a part of everyone's personal library.

The Mis-Education Of The Negro

Classic House Books

Carter Godwin Woodson (December 19, 1875 - April 3, 1950) was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. He was one of the first scholars to study the history of the African diaspora, including African-American history. A founder of The Journal of Negro History in 1916, Woodson has been called the "father of black history". In February 1926 he launched the celebration of "Negro History Week", the precursor of Black History Month. Born in Virginia, the son of former slaves, Woodson had to put off schooling while he worked in the coal mines of West Virginia. He graduated from Berea College, and became a teacher and school administrator.

The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 (Esprios Classics)

Africa

Blurb

A Century of Negro Migration

BiblioLife

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The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861: A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War

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The Education Of The Negro Prior To 1861: A History Of The Education Of The Colored People Of The United States From The Beginning Of Slavery To The Civil War

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The Mis-education of the Negro (Penguin Classics)

The Negro in Our History (1922)

The Negro In Our History (1922)

Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830

The Mis-Education of the Negro

The Mis-Education Of The Negro

The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 (Esprios Classics)

A Century of Negro Migration

A Century of Negro Migration

The Education Of The Negro Prior To 1861: A History Of The Education Of The Colored People Of The United States From The Beginning Of Slavery To The Civil War