The Crisis in Black Education

The St. Louis Public Library’s Black History Month programming is made possible by the St. Louis Public Library Foundation. Black History Month 2017 @ Your Library Larry Wilmore

Education is African-Americans have always known the value of education. The Library is proud to include as part of its celebration universally known From the days of secret, candlelit lessons, to one room school of Black History Month 2017 a featured address by Larry houses, to the creation of Historically Black Colleges and Wilmore at Central Library (1301 Olive Street), on as the cornerstone Universities (HBCUs), leading to today where the most educated February 12, 2017 at 2 p.m. The event is free and open of success. group of citizens are African-American women. Education is to the public. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. paramount to achieving success. Friends of the St. Louis Public Library should call Education in St. Louis has a very rich history. We are home to 314-539-0359 for limited reserved seating. Sumner High School, the first high school for African-American students west of the Mississippi River and Harris-Stowe State Featured Speaker Address: University, a renowned historically Black university. Knowledge Central Library is coursing through the veins of St. Louisans and has been for Emmy-Award winner Larry comedy specials, “Larry 1301 Olive Street centuries. Even in the face of adversity, oppression and unjust Wilmore has been a television Wilmore’s Race, Religion & Sex.” Sunday, February 12 educational policies, African-Americans have persevered. producer, actor, comedian and He has written for “In Living 2 p.m. writer for more than 25 years. Color,” “The PJ’s” (which he This February, we examine the theme, “The Crisis in Black He is perhaps best known for co-created), “The Office” (on Education.” The usual reaction upon hearing that word, “crisis” his role as host of Comedy which he has appeared as is to panic. That is precisely what has happened for decades Central’s “The Nightly Show Mr. Brown, the diversity In April 2016, Wilmore in our educational system. In this instance, “crisis” means with Larry Wilmore,” which consultant), and “The Fresh hosted the breakthrough. We are restructuring, rebuilding and repairing debuted in January 2015 and Prince of Bel-Air.” He also Correspondents’ Association education to make sure our children are poised for success ran for nearly two years. served as creator, writer and Dinner in Washington, D.C. and prepared to compete. executive producer of “The He released his first book, Off-screen, Wilmore serves Bernie Mac Show,” which “I’d Rather We Got Casinos Every Branch in the St. Louis Public Library System will highlight as executive producer on earned him a 2002 Emmy and Other Black Thoughts,” a different level of education. From elementary school to college, “Insecure,” a half-hour Award for Outstanding Writing in January 2009. Books will each location will host a program depicting various aspects comedy series starring Issa for a Comedy Series and a be available for purchase of each level. The programs will discuss the past, present and Rae that details the awkward 2001 Peabody Award. courtesy of Barnes & Noble. future of educating African-Americans. Visit the online calendar experiences and racy at slpl.org for full details about these free programs. tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman. The show premiered on HBO in October. Wilmore also FEATURE PROGRAM helped to launch ABC’s Steppin’ into Higher Ed @ Schlafly Branch “Black-ish” as an executive 225 N. Euclid Avenue producer. Saturday, February 11 Previously, Wilmore made 11 a.m.-4 p.m. memorable appearances as Step into higher education with a panel discussion on the Senior Black Correspondent the Decline of Black Education followed by a community on “The Daily Show” with Jon fair with representatives from local colleges and a step Stewart and hosted his own performance by a Greek organization. Showtime town hall style

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“Charlotte Forten’s Mission” “” “February One: The Story “Hoxie: The First Stand” “The Marva Collins Story” “The Road to Brown” This feature film Episode Two: Fighting Back of the Greensboro Four” This documentary focuses on the Marva Collins This documentary covers the lead tells the story of (1957-1962) The desegregation What began resistance local residents faced was a full-time up to the landmark case Brown vs. Charlotte Forten, of Central High School in Little as four college when a small town in Arkansas substitute Board of Education who in the 1860s Rock, Arkansas, and Ole Miss students at attempted to teacher who and focuses on was the first University are North Carolina integrate the taught for 14 the lawyer, Black woman the main focus A&T University Hoxie School years in inner- Charles Houston to teach Black of this episode. who stayed up District in the city Chicago Hamilton, the school children PBS Video, 2006. late in a campus summer of Public Schools. NAACP, and the on the Seas (60 min.) dormitory 1955. California Collins would people who fought Islands off the coast of South discussing Newsreel, 2003. go on to take $5,000 from her the battle against Carolina. Monterey Video, 2009. segregation transformed into the (56 min.) retirement fund to start West segregation. (113 min.) famous Greensboro sit-ins at a Garfield Park to teach low income California Newsreel, 1990. (56 min.) Woolworth’s lunch counter. “Lean On Me” Black students with learning Episode Thirteen: This film tells the story of these disabilities. Warner Brothers, 1981. “Ruby Bridges” Morgan Freeman stars in this The Keys to Kingdom (1974-1980) four men who made history in (102 min.) biographical film as high school Ruby Bridges is a feature film Part of this episode highlights the 1960 and spurred other sit-ins to principal, Joe Louis Clark, who in about a six-year-old Black girl desegregation crisis in challenge segregation. California “Mary McLeod Bethune: 1987 took over a troubled inner who was one of public schools. PBS Video, 2006. Newsreel, 2004. (62 min.) Champion for Education” city high school in Paterson, New the first students (60 min.) Jersey. Clark’s unconventional and Mary McLeod Bethune was the to integrate an “From One Room Schools to daughter of former slaves who elementary Franklin: A History of disciplinarian methods began to turn the school went on to form the National school in New African-American Education Council of Negro Women and Orleans. Walt in Saint Charles County” around and win him both fans the Daytona Normal and Industrial Disney Home This documentary focuses on and detractors. Institute for Negro Girls in Daytona, Video, 1998. the history of African-American Warner Brothers, Florida. The school is now known (90 min.) education in St. Charles County, 1989. (109 min.) as Bethune-Cookman College. Missouri, until desegregation in History on Video, 2008. (65 min.) “San Francisco State: 1955. St. Charles County On Strike” Historical Society, 2009. (30 min.) “Nine from Little Rock” During the fall of 1968 students Summarizes the history of the nine of color at San Francisco State “The Great Debaters” “Living Thinkers: Black students who integrated University fought to create a In 1935 at a small African-American An Autobiography of Black Little Rock’s Central High School curriculum that was more inclusive college in Texas, a professor Women in the Ivory Tower” in 1957. Guggenheim Productions, of people of color. This call to named Melvin B. Tolson worked This documentary interviews 2005. (19 min.) action led to the creation of the to form the school’s first debate different Black women who work first Ethnic Studies Department. team. The school would go on to as administrators and teachers California Newsreel, 2004. (20 min.) challenge Harvard University in across the country at different the national debate championship. universities and colleges. The films Denzel Washington stars in the focuses on their trials, tribulations film as Melvin B. Tolson and and successes in education from also directed the film. Weinstein childhood to the present. Women Company, 2008. (124 min.) Make Movies. 2013. (75 min.) One-room school near Marlinton, W. Va Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

2 3 a panel discussion on the history of a “less than” Education in St. Louis Program Descriptions equal education for this city’s African-American “Jeopardy!” Black Education in America population. The audience will be invited to Test your knowledge of current and historical local participate in a conversation about their experience education in a game of “Jeopardy.” Participant names with the St. Louis Public Schools. Adults will be entered in a raffle to win one of two prizes. African-American Read-In Chain High School 24 . . Carondelet ...... 11 a.m.-Noon Adults The St. Louis Public Library joins the National Young Explorer’s Series: Equality Pep Rally 6 . . . Carpenter ...... 7-8:30 p.m. Council of Teachers of English in a celebration Part of our Young Explorer’s Series. Participants will Black History Month Cinema: “Coach Carter” (2005) of African-American authors. Be a link in the explore the topic of equality in education through Based on a true story, this film is the inspiration Film Screening: “Ruby Bridges” African- American Read-In Chain. Contact your story, games, and crafts. Come to the program to behind the film of the real life coach who made Watch the 2004 Disney Film about the first Black Branch to reserve seating. earn a badge! Kids headlines in 1999 when he benched his entire team student in a white school on this special Movie All Locations 4 . . . Buder ...... 10-11 a.m. due to poor academic results. Samuel L. Jackson Monday. Kids 2-28 . . . . . All Day played the title character in this 2005 movie, teaching 6 . . . Kingshighway . . . . . 3:30-6:30 p.m. School Spirit! his students there were more important things than Learn about the history of St. Louis’ traditionally winning. Adults Candles for Steamboat School African-American high schools and make a pennant! 25 . . Buder ...... 1-3 p.m. Hear a story about the Steamboat School here in Kids St. Louis and make a candle like the children used 8 . . . Machacek ...... 4-5 p.m. Higher Education in the story. Kids Black College Bingo 14 . . Carpenter ...... 6-7 p.m. Black History Month Cinema: “Lean on Me “ Challenge friends to Bingo highlighting historically (1989) Black universities! Bonus: Make a college pennant! This film is loosely based on the story of the real life Kids Joe Clark, who revived a dying school in Paterson, 8 . . . Divoll ...... 5:30-6:30 p.m. Film Screening of “Nightjohn” NJ, that was in danger of being taken over unless Access to primary the students raised their test scores. Adults Black Education Bingo education has not 11 . . Buder ...... 1-3 p.m. Play a game of Bingo and learn about Black Education. always been a Teens universal right for Elementary High School Pennants 8 . . . Cabanne ...... 4-5 p.m. African-Americans. From Pit Schools to Which historic African-American high school are During the Antebellum Learn about the African-American Pit Schools and you rooting for? Teens School Mascot Trivia Period, many states Freedom Schools as described in Lesa Cline-Ransome 16 . . Carondelet ...... 4-5 p.m. Learn about African-American school mascots and forbade the education storybooks, “Light in the Darkness” and “Freedom’s their history by playing a school trivia game. Kids of slaves and punished School.” Kids “Battle: Change from Within.” 15 . . Cabanne ...... 4:30-5:30 p.m. those who attempted 6 . . . Walnut Park ...... 4-5:30 p.m. Machacek Book Discussion Group to do so. This film A viewing of the documentary film, “Battle: Change chronicles a young slave Film & Discussion: “Ruby Bridges” from Within” about a high school educator’s role in girl, Sarny, whose life Watch the 2004 Disney Film about the first Black desegregating Columbia, Missouri, schools. Will is forever changed when student in a white school and discuss the movie. be followed by a discussion. Call Branch for details. she is taught to read by a fellow slave. The film Kids Adults showcases “pit schools” which were secret 8 . . . Central Library ...... 4-6 p.m. 17 . . Machacek schools held at night to educate African-American 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. children. A discussion will follow. Adults “Nightjohn” and the African-American Pit Schools 25 . . Julia Davis ...... 1-3 p.m. Learn about the African-American Pit Schools as Crisis in Education for described in “Nightjohn” by Gary Paulsen. Kids Children in African-American 16 . . Julia Davis ...... 3:30-5 p.m. High Schools: 101 . . .Baden ...... 4-5 p.m. 23 This program will present a history lesson about the education of African-American children in the Gateway City of St. Louis. There will be

4 5 Calendar Feb. 12

There is a brilliant Feb. 2-28 African-American Read-In Chain Featured Speaker: All Locations child locked inside Larry Wilmore All Day every student. Central ~ Marva Collins 2-5 p.m. Feb. 4 Young Explorer’s Series: Equality Pep Rally Buder Feb. 25 10-11 a.m. Film Screening of “Nightjohn” Julia Davis 1-3 p.m. Feb. 6 Feb. 14 Feb. 18 From Pit Schools to Candles for Steamboat “Battle: Change from Black History Month Freedom Schools School Within” Cinema: “Coach Carter” Walnut Park Carpenter Machacek (2005) 4-5:30 p.m. 6-7 p.m. 11:30 a.m. -1:30 p.m. Buder 1-3 p.m. Film Screening: “Ruby Bridges” Kingshighway Feb. 15 Feb. 23 3:30-6:30 p.m. Feb. 8 Feb. 11 School Mascot Trivia “Nightjohn” Black Education Bingo FEATURED PROGRAM: Cabanne and the African-American Cabanne Steppin’ into Higher Ed 4:30-5:30 p.m. Pit Schools 4-5 p.m. Schlafly Baden 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 4-5 p.m. Film & Discussion: “Ruby Bridges” Central Library 4-6 p.m. Feb. 16 Feb. 24 High School Pennants Crisis in Education

Black College Bingo Carondelet for Children in African- Divoll 4-5 p.m. American High Schools: 5:30-6:30 p.m. 101 “Nightjohn” Carondelet

School Spirit! and the African-American 11 a.m.-Noon Machacek Pit Schools “Jeopardy!” Black 4-5 p.m. Black History Month Julia Davis Education in America Cinema: “Lean on Me” 3:30-5 p.m. Carpenter (1989) 7-8:30 p.m. Buder 1-3 p.m.

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Juvenile Nonfiction Early Childhood Agard, John. Parker, Neil. “Book: Alexander, Kwame. “Surf’s Up.” Diggs, Taye and Evans, Shane. My Autobiography.” Candlewick North-South Books, Inc., 2016 “Mixed Me!” Macmillan Publishers, Press, 2015 2015 Bandy, Michael S. “Grandaddy’s Smith, Charles. Evans, Shane. Turn: A Journey To the Ballot Hopkinson, Deborah. Husband, “28 Days: Moments in Black Box.” Candlewick Press, 2015 Ron. “Steamboat School.” History That Changed the World.” BOOKS Disney Hyperion Books, 2016 Roaring Brook Press, 2015 Bernstrom, Daniel. “One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree.” Hughes, Langston. Bryan, Ashley. HarperCollins Publishing, 2016 “Sail Away.” Atheneum Books Juvenile FOR for Young Readers, 2015 Cline-Ransome, Lesa. “Freedom’s Biography School.” Disney Jump At The Sun, Nelson, Vaunda. “The Book Itch: Juvenile Fiction Andrews, Troy. Collier, Bryan. YOUTH 2015 Freedom, Truth & Harlem’s “Trombone Shorty.” Abrams Greatest Bookstore.” Alexander, Kwame. “Booked.” Books for Young Readers, 2015 De La Pena, Matt. Robinson, Carolrhoda Books, 2015 HMH Books for Young Readers, Christian. “Last Stop On Market 2016 Herkert, Barbara. Brantley-Newton, Street.” G.P. Putnam’s Sons Nelson, Vaunda. “Don’t Call Me Vanessa. “Sewing Stories: Harriet Books for Young Readers, Grandma.” Carolrhoda Books, Allen, Crystal. “Spirit Week Powers’ Journey from Slave to 2015 2016 Showdown (Magnificent Mya Artist.” Alfred A. Knopf, 2015 Tibbs).” Balzer + Bray, 2016 Richardson, Jael Ealey. Hooks, Gwendolyn. “Tiny Stitches: “The Stone Thrower.” Neri, G. “Tru & Nelle.” HMH The Life of Medical Pioneer Groundwood Books, 2016 Books for Young Readers, 2016 Vivien Thomas.” Lee & Low Books, 2016 Ringgold, Faith. “We Came Patrick, Denise Louis. “Finding To America.” Knopf Books for Someplace.” Henry Holt and Co., Philip, Aaron. “This Kid Can Fly: Young Readers, 2016 2015 It’s About Ability (NOT Disability).” Balzer + Bray, 2016 Weatherford, Carol Boston. Reynolds, Jason. “As Brave As “Freedom in Congo Square.” You.” Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Weatherford, Carol Boston. “Voice Little Bee Books, 2016 Books, 2016 of Freedom: : The Spirit of the Civil Rights Williams, Pharrell. “Happy!” Smith, Ronald L. “Hoodoo.” Movement.” Candlewick, 2015 G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Clarion Books, 2015 Young Readers, 2015 Weatherford, Carol Boston. “You Williams-Garcia, Rita. Can Fly: The Tuskegee Airmen.” “Gone Crazy In Alabama.” Atheneum Books for Young HarperCollins Publishers, 2015 Readers, 2016

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Young Adult Fiction BOOKS FOR Fordham, Signithia. Morris, Monique W. “Pushout: Alonge, L.J. “Blacktop: “Downed by Friendly Fire: The Criminalization of Black Justin #1.” Grosset & Dunlap, ADULTS Black Girls, White Girls, Girls in Schools.” New York, NY. 2016 and Suburban Schooling.” The New Press, 2016 The following books and e-books are available Minneapolis, MN. University Ross, Lawrence C. Everett, Mikeala. at the St. Louis Public Library. of Minnesota Press, 2016 “The Unquiet.” Greenwillow “Blackballed: The Black Books, 2015 Barnes, Sandra L. Dr. Brinkley- Burris, Carol Corbett. “On the Guinier, Lani. “The Tyranny and White Politics of Race Rubenstein, Lauren. Doykos, Same Track: How Schools of the Meritocracy: on America’s Campuses.” Myers, Walter Dean. “Juba! Bernadette. Martin, Nina C. Can Join the Twenty-First- Democratizing Higher New York, NY. St. Martin’s Press, A Novel.” HarperCollins, 2015 McGuire, Allison. “Academics Century Struggle Against Education in America.” 2016 in Action!: A Model for Resegregation.” Boston, MA. Boston, MA. Beacon Press, Myers, Walter Dean. Community-engaged Simmons College/Beacon Press, 2015 Schwarz, Eric. “The Opportunity “Monster: Graphic Novel Research, Teaching, and 2014 Equation: How Citizen Edition.” Amistad, 2015 Service.” New York, NY. Howard, Tyrone C. “Black Teachers are Combating the Fordham University Press, Cashin, Sheryll. “Place, Not Race: Male(d): Peril and Promise Achievement Gap in America’s Nelson, Marilyn. “American 2016 A New Vision of Opportunity in in the Education of African- Schools.” Boston, MA. Beacon Ace.” Dial Books, 2016 America.” Boston, MA. Beacon American Males.” New York, Press, 2014 Bertram, Vince M. “One Nation Press, 2014 NY. Teachers College Press, Yoon, Nicola. “Everything, Under-taught: Solving 2014 Smith, Mychal Denzel. “Invisible Everything.” Delacorte Press, America’s Science, Technology, Emdin, Christopher. “For White Man, Got the Whole World 2015 Engineering & Math Crisis.” Folks Who Teach in the Hood… Hrabowski, Freeman A. Watching: A Young Black New York, NY. Beufort Books, And the Rest of Y’all Too: “Holding Fast to Dreams: Man’s Education.“ New York, 2014 Reality Pedagogy and Urban Empowering Youth from NY. Nation Books, 2016 Education.” Boston, MA. the Civil Rights Crusade Beacon Press, 2016 to STEM Achievement.” Boston, MA. Beacon Press, 2015

Marx, Gary. “Twenty-one Trends for the 21st Century: Out of the Trenches and Into the Future: Their Profound Implications for Students, Education, Communities, and the None of us got where we are Whole of Society.” Bethesda, MD. Education solely by pulling ourselves up Week Press, 2014 by our bootstraps. ~

10 10 11 Websites Databases

W.E.B. DuBois and the Rise of Black Education http://digitalexhibits.auctr.edu/exhibits/show/seekingtotell/education African-American Communities Focusing predominantly on Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, New York and towns and cities in North Carolina, this resource presents multiple aspects of the African-American community 1800s: The Education of African-American Women through pamphlets, newspapers and https://www.nwhm.org/online-exhibits/education/1800s_4.htm periodicals, correspondence, official records, reports and in-depth oral histories, revealing the prevalent challenges of racism, discrimination and integration and a unique African-American Brown v. Board at Fifty: “With an Even Hand” culture and identity. It includes materials and A Century of Racial Segregation, 1849-1950 records from Pruitt-Igoe, the Delmo Housing https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/brown/brown-segregation.html Corporation and the Urban League of St. Louis, The African-American Experience: among others. The American Mosaic Developed by African-American librarians Available on the reference computers at all and subject specialists and organized by Building the Black Community: The School SLPL locations era, this vast and accessible database covers http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/exhibits/reconstruction/section2/section2_school.html the topic of African-American history and its relation to U.S. history through published articles, essays, objects and artifacts, ideas and movements, images, documents and African-Americans in Missouri: The Black Emphasis on Education other historical and culturally valuable sources. http://blackarchives.org/articles/african-americans-missouri Available at slpl.org and on the reference computers at all SLPL locations

Missouri State Archives Timeline of Missouri’s African-American History http://s1.sos.mo.gov/mdh/curriculum/africanamerican/timeline/timeline2 Knowledge is the prime A Preservation Plan for St. Louis Part I: Historic Contexts need of the hour. https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/planning/ ~ Mary McLeod Bethune cultural-resources

The Education of Blacks in Missouri Prior to 1861 By Donnie D. Bellamy http://www.jstor.org/stable/2717326?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents

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