Spring 2020 Seminar in Educational Policy Studies
EPS 590-BB1 Black Women Activists in Education (CRN #47931), Professor Bernice Barnett, Tuesday, 1-3:50pm, Room 323 Educ Bldg, 4 Credits
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Description: This graduate seminar is a sociological-historical examination of the diversity, experiences, backgrounds, roles, leadership, concerns, goals, strategies, tactics, challenges, and impact of Black women activists in education and society. Through the lens of race, gender, class, sexuality, and age Intersectionality Theories and Stand-Point Knowledge articulated by Black women scholar activists and activists in/for education (including Septima Poinsette Clark, Patricia Hill Collins, Darlene Clark Hine, Angela Davis, bell hooks, Melba Patillo Beals, Daisy Bates, Charlayne Hunter Gault), we will discuss Black women activists as students, teachers, professors, school founders, and administrators in diverse societal, historical, and educational contexts, including but not limited to: (a) citizenship schools, (b) freedom schools, (c) high schools, (d) historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs), and (e) Predominately White colleges and universities (PWCUs). We also explore Black women’s opportunities/constraints and the personal and professional rewards and costs/risks of activism in education and in society.
