Brown, A. L. (2006). Am I my brother’s keeper?: examining the political and racial discourses of African American male teachers working with African American male students. University of Wisconsin–Madison. In recent years there has been substantial discussion in education and popular discourse about the importance of students of color having a… read more
Race and Education (RE)
The education of Black males in a ‘post‐racial’world
Donnor, J. K., & Brown, A. L. (2011). The education of Black males in a ‘post‐racial’world. Race Ethnicity and Education, 14(1), 1-5. The Education of Black Males in a ‘Post-Racial’ World examines the varied structural and discursive contexts of race, masculinities and class that shape the educational and social lives of Black… read more
Strange fruit indeed: Interrogating contemporary textbook representations of racial violence toward African Americans
Brown, A. L., & Brown, K. (2010). Strange fruit indeed: Interrogating contemporary textbook representations of racial violence toward African Americans. The Teachers College Record, 112(1). Background/Context: Recent racial incidents on college and high school campuses throughout the United States have catalyzed a growing conversation around issues of race and racism. These conversations… read more
A Different Type of Summer Camp: SNCC, Freedom Summer, Freedom Schools, and the Development of African American Males in Mississippi
Etienne, L. (2013). A Different Type of Summer Camp: SNCC, Freedom Summer, Freedom Schools, and the Development of African American Males in Mississippi.Peabody Journal of Education, 88(4), 449-463. The civil rights movement of the late 1950s and 1960s had a transformational effect on American society and on grassroots movements for social… read more