The Mis-Education of the Negro

Carter G. Woodson, Jarvis R. Givens, Henry Louis Gates, Jr

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Penguin Classics
07 March 2023

Social discrimination; Black & Asian studies; Moral & social purpose of education

The most influential work by ""the father of Black history"", reflecting the long-standing tradition of antiracist teaching pioneered by Black educators

A Penguin Classic

The most influential work by ""the father of Black history"", reflecting the long-standing tradition of antiracist teaching pioneered by Black educators

A Penguin Classic

The Mis-education of the Negro (1933) is Woodson's most popular classic work of Black social criticism, drawing on history, theory, and memoir. As both student and teacher, Woodson witnessed distortions of Black life in the history and literature taught in schools and universities. He identified a relationship between these distortions in curriculum and the violence circumscribing Black life in the material world, declaring, ""There would be no lynching if it did not start in the schoolroom."" Woodson's primary focus was the impact dominant modes of schooling had on Black youth. This systematic process of mis-education undermined Black people's struggles for freedom and justice, and it was an experience that scholars before and after Woodson recognized and worked to challenge.

Woodson argued that students, teachers, and leaders needed to be educated in a manner that was accountable to Black experiences and lived realities, both past and present. This edition includes an appendix of selected letters and articles by Woodson, and Suggestions for Further Reading.

By: Carter G. Woodson
Introduction by: Jarvis R. Givens
Edited by: Henry Louis Gates Jr
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 178g
ISBN: 9780143137467
ISBN 10: 0143137468
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 07 March 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General/trade , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) was the child and student of formerly enslaved people and the second African American to receive a PhD from Harvard, in 1912. He worked in public schools in West Virginia, the Philippines, and Washington, D.C., where he taught at the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School. Woodson founded the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History in 1915, the Journal of Negro History in 1916, and Negro History Week (now celebrated as Black History Month) in 1926. Jarvis R. Givens (introduction) is an assistant professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Givens earned his PhD in African American Studies from UC Berkeley and is the author of Fugitive Pedagogy- Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching (2021), winner of the 2022 ASALH Book Prize.