Description:
Constructing a Black Curriculum traces a powerful movement to create a "Black Curriculum: " a communal effort to represent Black identity, guide racial consciousness, and rebut claims of inferiority. The book follows a group of Black intellectuals, activists, and educators who waged an intellectual campaign against white supremacy, but also came to very different conclusions about how race should be represented and taught in that struggle.
Review Quotes:
"By expanding curriculum beyond the classroom into a broader social process, Nocera traces the debates and tensions that shaped what he calls 'a Black curriculum for Black consciousness.' A must-read for historians of education, ethnic studies scholars, and critical-race-conscious educators."
--Laura Chávez-Moreno "author of How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America"