Clarifying Our Vision with the Facts
Mary McLeod Bethune and Carter G. Woodson in Educational Uplift
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3635180 |
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| Authors | Ida E Jones (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 705-707 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1548-1867 • E-ISSN: 2153-5086 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/726672 |
| OpenAlex | W4390015314 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Mary McLeod Bethune and Carter Godwin Woodson had many points of confluence throughout their lives. This article seeks to explore one significant nexus they shared, namely, the importance of African American history. Bethune knew her enslaved grandmother, parents, and elder siblings. Concurrently, Woodson knew his enslaved parents and extended family. The chattel enslavement of their family members, the stories they shared, and the integrity they displayed impelled them to reach and teach the rising generation. Born in 1875 during Reconstruction, both Woodson and Bethune weathered domestic terrorism, pseudoscientific racism, and governmental indifference. They responded by creating publications and organizations that crafted an affirming narrative situating the African timeline before enslavement and outside of the Americas. The collaboration of Bethune and Woodson through her presidency of the Association of Negro Life and History spawned a new era of mutually beneficial outcomes for the race
African american · Critical race theory · Narrative · Political science · Racism · Sociology · Terrorism · Vietnam War · Anthropology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Race, History, and American Society · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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