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The Promethean Promise: Understanding and Responding to the Educational Aspirations of Black People in the US, Seventy Years After Brown

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: In this paper, we use Prometheus and his perpetual punishment to draw attention to the historic role Black people have played in U.S. education and contemplate the state of education for Black people 70 years after the Brown decision. We note the parallels between the period of reconstruction to the current period and use a case study of a school in Oakland, California to draw attention to a community-based response to the unfulfilled promise of the historic Brown decision. Our hope is that the case study can be used to undertake similar initiatives.

Source: Urban Education

DOI: 10.1177/00420859251329267

Authors: Joaquín M.S. Noguera, Pedro A. Noguera

Institutions: Loyola Marymount University, University of Southern California

Language: English

Topic: Critical Race Theory in Education

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Quality education

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W4409166090

FWCI: 1.778

Cites: 55

Cited by: 1

Related to: 10