We’ve pulled together a short list of resources related to our #NCSD2020 keynote presentation.
Vanessa Siddle Walker and Elizabeth McRae in dialogue with Dani McClain. Introductions by Courtney E. Martin and Concluding Remarks by Andrew Lefkowits from Integrated Schools.
The keynote presentation wove together information and concepts from the following books:
- Vanessa Siddle Walker – The Lost Education of Horace Tate Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools
- Dani McClain – We Live for the We The Political Power of Black Motherhood
- Elizabeth McRae – Mothers of Massive Resistance White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy
Note: A small portion of the proceeds from book sales via IndieBound (using links above) will help support the work of Integrated Schools, in memory of Courtney Everts Mykytyn.
Related Resources:
Vanessa Siddle Walker
- Telling the untold stories of school integration: An interview with Vanessa Siddle Walker by Rafael Heller (Phi Delta Kappan, January 21, 2019)
- Earlier books:
- Hello Professor: A Black Principal and Professional Leadership in the Segregated South (2015)
- Race-Ing Moral Formation: African American Perspectives on Care and Justice (2004)
- Their Highest Potential: An African American School Community in the Segregated South (1996)
- The “3As” of additive integration: aspiration, advocacy, access (NCSD graphic for easy sharing)
- To learn more about Horace Tate’s 1970 speech:
- See the Lost Education of Horace Tate, particularly Part III
- Southern Black Educators and Desegregation (talk at the Carter Center)
Elizabeth McRae
- White Women and the Politics of White Supremacy (Integrated Schools Podcast)
- White Women and the Politics of Racial Inequality (Center for the Study of the American South, October 29, 2018)
- ‘Segregation’s Constant Gardeners’: How White Women Kept Jim Crow Alive’ by Rebecca Stoner (Pacific Standard, April 12, 2018)
- The Women Behind White Power (New York Times, February 2, 2018)
- North Carolina public education and the muddled history of “parental choice” (EdNC, January 27, 2015)
Dani McClain
- The History and Political Power of Black Motherhood by Zenobia Jeffries Warfield (Yes, April 25, 2019)
- Journalist Dani McClain On The Political Power Of Black Motherhood by Michael Monks (WVXU, January 22, 2020)
Courtney E. Martin
- The lessons we should really be teaching kids in the pandemic (Vox, Apr 22, 2020)
- On Being Blog Series
- The Problem with Seeking the Best for Your Kids (February 9, 2018)
- Stop Asking And Answering Other People’s Questions (April 18, 2018)
- Challenging the Myths We Believe About Our Children’s Education (May 3, 2018)
- The Benefits of Sending Your Privileged Child to an “Underperforming” School (June 20, 2018)
Integrated Schools
Other Resources
- IntegrateNYC‘s 5Rs of Real Integration (here’s the graphic we shared)
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent County (1968)
- The Radical Supreme Court Decision That America Forgot by Will Stancil (The Atlantic, May 29, 2018)
- Linda Brown’s Landmark Case by Michael Barbaro (The Daily, New York Times, March 30, 2018) – Nikole Hannah Jones reflects on the death of Linda Brown
