Histories of Social Studies and Race: 1865–2000

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Introduction

   • Christine Woyshner, Chara Haeussler Bohan

   Pages 1-17

3. Race, Social Studies, and Culturally Relevant Curriculum in Social Studies’ Prehistory: A Cautionary Meditation

   • Ronald E. Butchart

   Pages 19-36

4. The Racial and Cultural Assumptions of the Early Social Studies Educators, 1901–1922

   • Thomas D. Fallace

   Pages 37-55

5. The Early Years of Negro History Week, 1926–1950

   • Sarah Bair

   Pages 57-77

6. Notions of Citizenship: Discussing Race in the Shortridge High School Senate, 1900–1928

   • J. Spencer Clark

   Pages 79-97

7. Countering the Master Narrative in Us Social Studies: Nannie Helen Burroughs and New Narratives in History Education

   • Alana D. Murray

   Pages 99-114

8. Race in Elementary Geography Textbooks: Examples from South Carolina, 1890–1927

   • Mindy Spearman

   Pages 115-134

9. Atlanta’s Desegregation-Era Social Studies Curriculum: An Examination of Georgia History Textbooks

   • Chara Haeussler Bohan, Patricia Randolph

   Pages 135-158

10. Placing Social Justice at the Center of Standards-Based Reform: Race and Social Studies at Mcdonogh #35 Senior High, New Orleans, 1980–2000

    • Erica DeCuir

    Pages 159-177

11. Black History, Multicultural Education, and Racial Desegregation in Dayton, Ohio

    • Joseph Watras

    Pages 179-193

12. African-Centered Education in the Detroit Public Schools, 1968–2000

    • Anne-Lise Halvorsen

    Pages 195-212

13. Epilogue

    • Margaret Smith Crocco

    Pages 213-218

14. Back Matter

    Pages 219-231

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This collection of historical essays on race develops lines of inquiry into race and social studies, such as geography, history, and vocational education. Contributors focus on the ways African Americans were excluded or included in the social education curriculum and the roles that black teachers played in crafting social education curricula.

• education
• Integration
• Nation
• reform
• Segregation
• social justice
• vocational education

"A necessary component for any conversations we wish to have on the intersections of race, education, and national heritage . . . Woyshner and Bohan provide ten studies of individuals, movements, events, and watershed movements that refract the ideas and ideals of social studies education inextricable from issues of race, racism, social justice, and strugglest for education that build and define local and national commitments." - American Educational History Journal

"Should schools teach 'social justice'? It depends what you mean by the term, of course. But you can't answer the question without considering the history of race in American schools, and especially in American social studies. The essays in this book cast fresh light on changes in curricula, textbooks, and teaching. Most of all, though, they make us think anew about the purpose of 'school' itself, and the many ways that race has colored it." - Jonathan Zimmerman, professor of education and history and director of the History of Education Program, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development at New York University

"Histories of the Social Studies and Race: 1865-2000 places the dynamics of identity, race and power at the center - rather than the margins - of social studies research and practice. These perspectives should spark deeper inquiry at a crucial time in our field." - Patrice Grimes, associate dean, Office of African-American Affairs, University of Virginia

"Its relevance to the much broader issues of racialization and schooling would commend [Histories of Social Studies and Race] to anyone interested in the institutional and everyday practices - including school curricula - through which ethnic identities and hierarchies are shaped." - Eona Bell, British Politics and Policy at LSE

SARAH BAIR Associate Professor of Education, Dickinson College, USA RONALD E. BUTCHART Professor, Social Studies Program, Department of Elementary and Social Studies Education, University of Georgia, USA J. SPENCER CLARK Associate Instructor Curriculum & Instruction - School of Education Center for Social Studies and International Education Indiana University-Bloomington, Indiana University, USA ERICA DECUIR THOMAS D. FALLACE Associate Professor of Education, University of Mary Washington, USA ANNE-LISE HALVORSEN Assistant Professor, Department of Teacher Education, Michigan State University, USA ALANA MURRAY-BLUE PATRICIA RANDOLPH MINDY SPEARMAN Assistant Professor, Clemson University, USA JOSEPH WATRAS Department of Teacher Education, School of Education and Allied Professions, University of Dayton, USA

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