Abul Pitre is a Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at Fayetteville State University. 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.

• Series ForewordAbul PitreForewordChance W. Lewis, Ph.D., Collaborative Director, Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education, Department of Middle, Secondary and K-12 Education, UNC CharlotteIntroductionAbul Pitre Chapter 1- What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?Frederick DouglassChapter 2- The Awakening of the Negro Booker T. WashingtonChapter 3- The Education of Black FolkW. E. B. DuBoisChapter 4- Educate YourselfMarcus GarveyChapter 5- The Seat of the Trouble Carter G. WoodsonChapter 6- The Purpose of EducationMartin Luther King Jr.Chapter 7- A Talk to TeachersJames BaldwinChapter 8- History Is a WeaponMalcolm XChapter 9- Get Knowledge to Benefit SelfElijah MuhammadAbout the EditorAbout the Writers Index

A Critical Black Pedagogy Reader: The Brothers Speak, demonstrates the genealogy of critical pedagogy in the history of African Americans from the earliest days. This volume introduces us to the sources of the work of many men and women writing today about the need for a new pedagogy. This is a volume necessary for the current discourse on teaching in urban America.