African American Women Educators

Karen A. Johnson is an Associate Professor at the University Utah where she teaches graduate-level courses in the Department of Education, Culture, and Society. She also teaches in the Ethnic Studies Program and is the Coordinator in the African American Studies division.Abul Pitre received his Ph.D. from Colorado State University. Currently he is Professor and Department Head of Educational Leadership and Counseling at Prairie View A&M University, where he teaches Multicultural Education for Educational Leaders, Leadership, and Afrocentric Leadership Literacy. Dr. Pitre's current research interests are in the areas of multicultural education for school leaders, critical theories in leadership, and the educational philosophy of Elijah Muhammad. He was appointed Edinboro University’s first named professor for his outstanding work in African-American education and held the distinguished title of the Carter G. Woodson Professor of Education. Kenneth L. Johnson is a pastor at Bethel Baptist Church in Pocatello, Idaho. He is also a doctoral candidate at the University of Utah, in the Department of Education, Culture, and Society.

• Series Preface by Dr. Abul PitreForeword by Dr. Ceola Ross-BaberAcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Dr. Abul PitreChapter One: Invisible Woman by Adrienne DixsonChapter Two: Eminently Qualified by Carole Wylie HancockChapter Three: Caring in the Classroom: Georgia’s Black Women Teachers Build Character on the Eve of Brown by Patrice Preston-GrimesChapter Four: “We were part of the plan”: Southern Black Women’s Experiences as Northern National Teacher Corps Inters, 1965-1971 by Jeannine Dingus-Eason, Ph.D.Chapter Five: Why I Teach by Cleveland HayesChapter Six: Septima Poinsette Clark’s Literacy Teaching approaches for Linguistic Acquisition and Literacy Development for Gullah-speaking Children, 1916-1919 by Karen A. JohnsonChapter Seven: Fannie Richards and Gladys Roscoe: Repertoires of Practice of Two Early African-American Teachers in Detroit by Linda G. Williams, Ph.D.Chapter Eight: Building Character and Culture: Lucy Craft Laney and the Haines School Community by Audrey McCluskeyChapter Nine: “Uplift is Up to Us”: Mamie Garvin Fields and the School at Society Corner, 1926-1943 by Scott Baker