Penn State

Consortium forSocial Movements and Education
Research and Practice

“They Rose and Fell Together”: African American Educators and Community Leadership, 1795-1954

“They Rose and Fell Together”: African American Educators and Community Leadership, 1795-1954

V.P. Franklin
1990
1990

Abstract

Community leadership roles taken by African-American educators between 1795 and 1954 are reviewed, including biographical sketches of several prominent Blacks. Educators were major figures in African-American movements toward specific cultural objectives.

Abstract

Community leadership roles taken by African-American educators between 1795 and 1954 are reviewed, including biographical sketches of several prominent Blacks. Educators were major figures in African-American movements toward specific cultural objectives.

Social Movements

African Americans

Keywords

Community Organizing, Educator, Knowledge Production, North America, Policy, Public Schooling

Theme

Social Movements Within; Through; and for Public Education