Histories of Social Studies and Race

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Introduction....Pages 1-17
Race, Social Studies, and Culturally Relevant Curriculum in Social Studies’ Prehistory: A Cautionary Meditation....Pages 19-36
The Racial and Cultural Assumptions of the Early Social Studies Educators, 1901–1922....Pages 37-55
The Early Years of Negro History Week, 1926–1950....Pages 57-77
Notions of Citizenship: Discussing Race in the Shortridge High School Senate, 1900–1928....Pages 79-97
Countering the Master Narrative in Us Social Studies: Nannie Helen Burroughs and New Narratives in History Education....Pages 99-114
Race in Elementary Geography Textbooks: Examples from South Carolina, 1890–1927....Pages 115-134
Atlanta’s Desegregation-Era Social Studies Curriculum: An Examination of Georgia History Textbooks....Pages 135-158
Placing Social Justice at the Center of Standards-Based Reform: Race and Social Studies at Mcdonogh #35 Senior High, New Orleans, 1980–2000....Pages 159-177
Black History, Multicultural Education, and Racial Desegregation in Dayton, Ohio....Pages 179-193
African-Centered Education in the Detroit Public Schools, 1968–2000....Pages 195-212
Epilogue....Pages 213-218
Back Matter....Pages 219-231