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Consortium forSocial Movements and Education
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Contentious curricula : afrocentrism and creationism in American public schools

Contentious curricula : afrocentrism and creationism in American public schools

Amy Binder
2002
2002

Abstract

This book compares two challenges made to American public school curricula in the 1980s and 1990s. It identifies striking similarities between proponents of Afrocentrism and creationism, accounts for their differential outcomes, and draws important conclusions for the study of culture, organizations, and social movements.

Abstract

This book compares two challenges made to American public school curricula in the 1980s and 1990s. It identifies striking similarities between proponents of Afrocentrism and creationism, accounts for their differential outcomes, and draws important conclusions for the study of culture, organizations, and social movements.

Social Movements

Afrocentric, Conservative Ideas, Religious movements

Keywords

Curriculum, North America, Public Schooling, Race

Theme

Social Movements Within; Through; and for Public Education