Black Intellectual Thought in Education

Black Intellectual Thought in Education celebrates the exceptional academic contributions of African-American education scholars Anna Julia Cooper Carter G. Woodson and Alain Leroy Locke to the causes of social science education and democracy in America. By focusing on the lives and projects of these three figures specifically it offers a powerful counter-narrative to the dominant established discourse in education and critical social theory--helping to better serve the population that critical theory seeks to advocate. Rather than attempting to rescue a few African American scholars from obscurity or marginalization this powerful volume instead highlights ideas that must be probed and critically examined in order to deal with prevailing contemporary educational issues. Cooper Woodson and Locke’s history of engagement with race democracy education gender and life is a dynamic demanding and authentic narrative for those engaged with these important issues.