Fighting for Our Place in the Sun: Malcolm X and the Radicalization of the Black Student Movement 1960-1973 (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #40) (Paperback)

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Fighting for Our Place in the Sun: Malcolm X and the Radicalization of the Black Student Movement 1960-1973 (Black Studies and Critical Thinking #40) (Paperback)

By Rochelle Brock (Other), III Johnson, Richard Greggory (Other)

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This is book number 40 in the Black Studies and Critical Thinking series.

In Fighting for Our Place in the Sun, Richard D. Benson II examines the life of Malcolm X as not only a radical political figure, but also as a teacher and mentor. The book illuminates the untold tenets of Malcolm X's educational philosophy, and also traces a historical trajectory of Black activists that sought to create spaces of liberation and learning that are free from cultural and racial oppression.
Scholar, author, advocate, Richard D. Benson II earned a PhD in educational policy studies from the University of Illinois-at Urbana Champaign. He travels frequently as a guest lecturer speaking on topics such as the black student movement, and school-community advocacy. Benson resides in Atlanta, Georgia, where he is Assistant Professor in the Education Studies Program at Spelman College.
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Product Details ISBN: 9781433117701
ISBN-10: 1433117703
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Publication Date: December 23rd, 2014
Pages: 304
Language: English
Series: Black Studies and Critical Thinking
Richard D. Benson II’s book will ground oft-misguided declarations about the purpose and future of historically Black colleges and universities … He connects the political and educational philosophies of Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, SNCC, SOBU, YOBU, and a constellation of Black organizations to fashion a new interpretive lens … This remarkable and long-awaited corrective by a teacher/scholar operate[es], as Brother Malcolm did, in Black pedagogical spaces where intergenerational and Pan-African internationalist intellectual work was and is undertaken for broader human transformation. Benson has done our ancestors and current generation proud. (Greg Carr, Chair, Afro American Studies Department, Howard University)