Beschreibung
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Richard D. Benson II examines the life of Malcolm X as not only a radical political figure, but also as a teacher and mentor. The book illuminates the untold tenets of Malcolm X’s educational philosophy, and also traces a historical trajectory of Black activists that sought to create spaces of liberation and learning that are free from cultural and racial oppression.
Autorenportrait
Scholar, author, advocate, Richard D. Benson II earned a PhD in educational policy studies from the University of
Illinois-at Urbana Champaign. He travels frequently as a guest lecturer speaking on topics such as the black student movement, and school-community advocacy. Benson resides in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is Assistant Professor in the Education Studies Program at Spelman College.
Rezension
«In this book, author Richard Benson II is able to uncover and offer insight into some of the lesser known aspects of Malcolm X's influence on African American student organizations during the 1960s and mid-1970s.»
(Andrew P. Smallwood, Adult Education Quarterly, Jan. 2018)
Full review
«Each historical moment in the political struggle of African Americans grows, simultaneously, from ongoing racial oppression and the corresponding rise of resistance. [...] The tedious and dangerous work of social activism bene?ts from the efforts of intergenerational activists nurtur-ing the seeds of radicalism. It is within this historical context that Richard D. Benson’s Fighting for Our Place in the Sun provides us an excellent narrative ex-pressing how oppression and resistance converged, leading to the radicaliza-tion of African American students in the 1960s.»
(Gayle T. Tate, The Journal of African American History Vol. 103/2018)
Inhalt
Contents: Malcolm X and/as Social Pedagogy: A Critical Historical Analysis – Sowing the Wind to Reap a Whirlwind: Ideological Shifts and Radical Expressions in the Black Student Movement, 1963-1966 – Purges, Proscriptions, and New Directions: Black Student Protests and a Call for a Black University, 1966-1969 – Uhuru Na Kazi (Freedom and Hard Work)! The Historical Developments of Malcolm X Liberation University, 1969-1972 – Malcolm X Liberation University: Planning, Curriculum, Projects, and Institutional Objectives – Working for African Liberation with the Student Organization for Black Unity: Historical Developments, Programs, and Activity, 1969-1971 – A Movement of the People … African People: African Liberation Day, the Decline of MXLU, and Left Pan-Africanism of YOBU, 1972-1973.
