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APSA Oral History Project: Contributions by Scholars of Color Interview Series

Political Science Now

As part of an ongoing series examining Contributions of Scholars of Color , the APSA Diversity and Inclusion Department conducted a a second set of oral history interviews during the 2024 National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) Annual Meeting held in Los Angeles, California.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

I started learning about the diaspora through books and archives when I attended a historically Black university (HBCU) for graduate school. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E.

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Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine

Teaching American History

The first photo shows a young black woman walking with school books cradled in her left arm. Professor David Krugler (University of Wisconsin, Platteville) is the author of 1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back (Cambridge University Press, 2015) as well as of two books on US policy during the Cold War.

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. Now that he’s back in person, there are certain things he needs to do — coming in, taking off your coat, unzipping and unbuttoning, putting your book bags in your cubbies. It feels like we are living in this weird dystopia.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

We’re ready to have a really difficult year in the books,” said Eric Gordon, who leads the high-poverty Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Sharahn Santana, African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. The students are adjusting. You can certainly see the growth that’s happening.