Engaging the African Diaspora in K-12 Education

Engaging the African Diaspora in K-12 Education provides in-service and pre-service teachers with valuable information and resources related to African diaspora communities in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. This unique anthology fills an important gap in current pedagogical and curricular publications by combining the writings of leading scholars of the African diaspora with practical, hands-on tips and resources from middle and high school teachers and administrators. Drawing on cutting-edge academic scholarship, chapters of the book address topics such as the transatlantic slave trade, slavery in Latin America, the Haitian Revolution, the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, Pan-Africanism, Black German Studies, and literature and art by Black women in the diaspora. In addition, Engaging the African Diaspora in K-12 Education includes chapters on anti-racist education, use of the performing arts to teach African American history, and critical reflections by several middle and high school teachers on practices they have adopted to increase their students' exposure to the African diaspora in the classroom.

Auteur

Kia Lilly Caldwell is Professor of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is Director of the African Diaspora Fellows Program and served as Co-Director with Emily Chávez from 2014 to 2018.

Emily Susanna Chávez is Director of Equity and Justice at Duke School, an independent school in Durham, North Carolina. She was the African Diaspora Fellows Program Co-Director from 2014 to 2018.