Researcher ORCID Identifier

0000-0002-6148-4737

Graduation Year

2022

Document Type

Campus Only Senior Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts

Department

Humanities: Interdisciplinary Studies in Culture

Second Department

Africana Studies

Reader 1

David K. Roselli

Reader 2

Maryan Soliman

Reader 3

Derik J. Smith

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Abstract

In a comparative analysis of grassroots and non-profit education programs in the Civil Rights and Black Liberation eras, I discuss questions around organizational structure, pedagogical theory, and instructional methods through the lens of various alternatives to mainstream education aimed at improving the experiences and conditions of Black people in America. I argue that community control is necessary for liberatory education, and explore the different possible meanings of both community and control in order to more deeply understand how community control can and should be practiced in education. In addition, I identify a few pedagogical paradigms and practices that cultivate long-term movements toward community control.

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