Pedagogy of Survival
The Narratives of Millicent E. Brown and Josephine Boyd Bradley
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- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2016. XXVI, 214 pp.
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Pedagogy of Survival
- Purpose of This Book
- The Methodology
- Chapter 1. The Desegregation of Rivers High School
- The Story
- The Groundwork
- A Turning Point
- The Trauma and Pedagogy of Survival
- The First Day
- Opposite the Front Door
- The Trauma
- Being Bullied
- Alienation
- Stress and Somatic Disturbances
- Pedagogy of Survival: The Intellect
- The Precedence for Her Pedagogy
- Buffered by Intellect
- The Teachers
- Blame, Guilt, and Responsibility
- Pedagogy of Survival: The Tragicomic
- Pedagogy of Survival: The Tiospaye
- Be Bigger
- Father
- Mother
- Sisters
- Conclusion
- Salute to Millicent Ellison Brown
- Chapter 2. The Desegregation of Greensboro (Grimsley) Senior High School
- The Story
- Dissension and Departure
- The Trauma and Pedagogy of Survival
- The First Day
- The Power of Counternarratives
- Counternarratives as Authentic Voice
- Counternarratives as Historical Contradictions
- The Trauma
- Hate and Pain
- Why Did They Do It?
- The Chosen One
- No One Ever Asked Me
- The Psychological
- The Isolation
- Pedagogy of Survival: Educational Schizophrenia
- Pedagogy of Survival: Faith, Family, and Community
- Hero Behind the Hero
- Faith and Family
- Mother and Father
- Three of the Seven
- Pedagogy of Survival: The Empathetic Practice of Peers
- Conclusion
- The Homegoing
- Salute to Josephine Ophelia Boyd Bradley
- Chapter 3. Pedagogy of Survival: Ordinary People with Extraordinary Lessons
- Pioneers Can’t Expect to Feel Normal: The Narratives of Harvey B. Gantt
- Entering through the Back Door: The Narratives of Dr. Larry Canady
- It’s Okay to Cry: The Narratives of Kristina Frazier
- Chapter 4. The Relevance
- Organic Intellectuals
- What Is an Organic Intellectual?
- Desegregation Pioneers as Organic Intellectuals
- Humility and Nonexceptionality
- Us, We, Me
- Insurgency
- Two Fronts
- The Organic Intellectual: Why Is This Concept Important?
- Implicit Bias
- What Is Implicit Bias?
- Awareness
- Priming
- Implicit Bias: Why Is This Concept Important?
- Donations
- Photos
- References
- Index
- Series Index
Chapter 1. The Desegregation of Rivers High School
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THE DESEGREGATION OF RIVERS HIGH SCHOOL
Millicent E. Brown
Somebody had to do it.
—M. Brown, personal communication, February 23, 2005
On September 3, 1963, 15-year-old Millicent Brown and 10 other students were chosen to desegregate Charleston’s public schools. The Brown v. Board of Education case ruled that de jure (imposed by law) segregation in public schools was unconstitutional; Brown II ruled that states should comply with the law “with all deliberate speed.” Yet, it was nine years until Millicent, who would have attended Burke High—Charleston County’s school for African Americans—was admitted to the all-white Rivers High. She was the only African American enrolled in the tenth grade (12-year-old Jacqueline Ford, an eighth grader, was the only other African American student admitted to Rivers High that year). Her arrival was lively, but not in the way you might think. Her first day of school was consumed by repeated bomb threats and subsequent evacuations. Positive social interactions were few, as students and staff made it clear that her presence was unwanted at their school. Millicent described herself as a “very thin, tall, and lanky” 15-year-old, preoccupied with the typical developmental concerns of any other adolescent. However, her next three years at Rivers High were anything but typical. ← 1 | 2 →
Those of us who understand adolescent development (or anyone who has an adolescent son or daughter, niece or nephew, grandson or granddaughter) recognize the importance of belonging,...
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- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Pedagogy of Survival
- Purpose of This Book
- The Methodology
- Chapter 1. The Desegregation of Rivers High School
- The Story
- The Groundwork
- A Turning Point
- The Trauma and Pedagogy of Survival
- The First Day
- Opposite the Front Door
- The Trauma
- Being Bullied
- Alienation
- Stress and Somatic Disturbances
- Pedagogy of Survival: The Intellect
- The Precedence for Her Pedagogy
- Buffered by Intellect
- The Teachers
- Blame, Guilt, and Responsibility
- Pedagogy of Survival: The Tragicomic
- Pedagogy of Survival: The Tiospaye
- Be Bigger
- Father
- Mother
- Sisters
- Conclusion
- Salute to Millicent Ellison Brown
- Chapter 2. The Desegregation of Greensboro (Grimsley) Senior High School
- The Story
- Dissension and Departure
- The Trauma and Pedagogy of Survival
- The First Day
- The Power of Counternarratives
- Counternarratives as Authentic Voice
- Counternarratives as Historical Contradictions
- The Trauma
- Hate and Pain
- Why Did They Do It?
- The Chosen One
- No One Ever Asked Me
- The Psychological
- The Isolation
- Pedagogy of Survival: Educational Schizophrenia
- Pedagogy of Survival: Faith, Family, and Community
- Hero Behind the Hero
- Faith and Family
- Mother and Father
- Three of the Seven
- Pedagogy of Survival: The Empathetic Practice of Peers
- Conclusion
- The Homegoing
- Salute to Josephine Ophelia Boyd Bradley
- Chapter 3. Pedagogy of Survival: Ordinary People with Extraordinary Lessons
- Pioneers Can’t Expect to Feel Normal: The Narratives of Harvey B. Gantt
- Entering through the Back Door: The Narratives of Dr. Larry Canady
- It’s Okay to Cry: The Narratives of Kristina Frazier
- Chapter 4. The Relevance
- Organic Intellectuals
- What Is an Organic Intellectual?
- Desegregation Pioneers as Organic Intellectuals
- Humility and Nonexceptionality
- Us, We, Me
- Insurgency
- Two Fronts
- The Organic Intellectual: Why Is This Concept Important?
- Implicit Bias
- What Is Implicit Bias?
- Awareness
- Priming
- Implicit Bias: Why Is This Concept Important?
- Donations
- Photos
- References
- Index
- Series Index