Du Bois and Education

Prominent African-American intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois continues to influence the understanding of race relations in the US. In this deeply personal introduction to the man and his ideas, esteemed scholar Carl A. Grant reflects on how Du Bois' work has illuminated his own life as a Black student, teacher, assistant principal and professor.

List of contents

Series Editor's Introduction
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: Growing up in the Sunshine of W. E. B. Du Bois
Chapter Two: The Color Line at Work and in Graduate School
Chapter Three: Multiculturalists in the Sunshine of Du Bois
Chapter Four: Research and Arguments: Against the Color Line
Index

About the author

Carl A. Grant is Hoefs-Bascom Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and former Chair of the Afro American Studies Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Summary

Prominent African-American intellectual W.E.B. Du Bois continues to influence the understanding of race relations in the US. In this deeply personal introduction to the man and his ideas, esteemed scholar Carl A. Grant reflects on how Du Bois? work has illuminated his own life as a Black student, teacher, assistant principal and professor.

Product details

• Authors: Carl A Grant, Carl A. Grant, Carl A. (Hoefs-Bascom Professor of Educatio Grant, Carl A. (University of Wisconsin-Madison Grant, Grant Carl A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138189164
• ISBN: 978-1-138-18916-4
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Routledge Key Ideas in Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; USA, EDUCATION / General, United States of America, USA, Philosophy & theory of education, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Philosophy and theory of education, Black & Asian Studies, Multicultural education, Educational strategies and policy