Teen Book Talk-The Mis-Education of the Negro

• Host: Barbara Spencer Dunn

• Wednesday, February 13 at 10:30 AM to 12:30 pm

• Sherwood Regional Library 2501 Sherwood Hall Lane Alexandria, VA 22306 

 

 

 

 

We would like to welcome guest speaker Barbara Spencer Dunn, ASALH Vice President, Scholar and Activist who has taught the Woodson philosophy for years.

Migration  of the Young Mind Through the Philosophy of Carter G, Woodson

 

The Book....

The Mis-Education of the Negro is one of the most important books on education ever written. Carter G. Woodson shows us the weakness of Euro-centric based curriculums that fail to include African American history and culture. This system mis-educates the African American student, failing to prepare them for success and to give them an adequate sense of who they are within the system that they must live. Woodson provides many strong solutions to the problems he identifies. A must-read for anyone working in the education field.

"Culture at Home presented a special book club session discussing the Miseducation Of The Negro by Carter G. Woodson. The discussion is being led by guest speaker Barbara Spencer Dunn, Vice President of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH).

”The large majority of the Negroes who have put on the finishing touches of our best colleges are all but worthless in the development of their people.”

“If the Negro in the ghetto must eternally be fed by the hand that pushes him into the ghetto, he will never become strong enough to get out of the ghetto.”

“Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.”

“In our so-called democracy we are accustomed to give the majority what they want rather than educate them to understand what is best for them.”

“When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.”