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Jackson, Melinda; Green, Dari; Martin, Lori Latrice; Fasching-Varner, Kenneth J. – Democracy & Education, 2016
Hayes, Juarez, and Escoffery-Runnels (2014) analyzed the educational philosophies and pedagogical practices of two educators to understand how personal and professional experiences individually and collectively influenced their approach to teaching. Using oral histories, they presented an argument of why culturally relevant and social…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, African American Students, Culturally Relevant Education, Social Justice
Gill, Kohl S. – NCSSSMST Journal, 2008
The author was born and raised in rural, northern Mississippi. He went to a local school, the North Pontotoc Attendance Center, from first grade on. The author was always interested in math and science, but, then, he was interested in most all subjects. The expected path that his friends and siblings had followed was clear: attend a junior college…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Teaching Methods, Outcomes of Education, High Schools
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Tell, Dave – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 2008
In 1955, journalist William Bradford Huie interviewed Emmett Till's killers and published their confession in "Look" magazine. Titled "The Shocking Story of Approved Murder in Mississippi," Huie's tale dominated the remembrance of Emmett Till for nearly fifty years. This essay argues that the power of the "Shocking…
Descriptors: Racial Discrimination, Interviews, Homicide, Self Disclosure (Individuals)