Through in-depth interviews with a group of accomplished teachers of color who emphasized the need for their students to access the "culture of power" as a means to work toward racial justice, I attempt to represent the purposefulness of their practice within the context of what one participant termed the "millennium form of slavery." I argue that…

Presents a description of pedagogical content knowledge in mathematics, constructed from interviews with fifth grade teachers; suggests modifications in the general conception of pedagogical content knowledge based on this description, and suggests revisions in teacher education practices to improve teachers' understanding of pedagogical content…