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Assignment:
1. What parts of the reading(s) did you find surprising, puzzling, useful, new, already knew, and interesting?
2. Define fugitive pedagogy and the development of black education.
3. How did Carter G. Woodson's formative years as a student and his encounter with the McGuffey's Reader influence his philosophy of education?
4. Describe Woodson's educational experiences while working in the coal mines of West Virginia.
5. What impact did Woodson's cousin and principal of the high school program at Douglass High School Carter Barnett have in the type of schoolteacher Woodson would eventually become?
6. What was significant about Berea College during Woodson's tenure there as a student-teacher?
7. How did Woodson excel as a principal of Douglass High School?
8. Describe Woodson's experience as an educator in the Philippines and how did his experiences there further shape his view of black education.
9. What did Woodson notice about the curriculum and instruction and the general attitudes of his professors at Harvard University while obtainin his doctorate degree?
10. What type of environment did Woodson immerse himself in the Washington, D.C. black community and at the M Street High School (Paul Laurence Dunbar High School) where he was a teacher?
11. Describe the political and social environment in 1915 upon Woodson's founding of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH).
12. What was the mission of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) and what two publications did the association produce to spread knowledge that challenged and transformed established schools of thought in the American Academy?
13. What influence did the prestigious American Negro Academy (ANA) have on African American education and how did its members fulfill the organization's commitment to studying issues pertaining to black people?
14. What was the main reason why Woodson wanted to create "historical alliances" and what challenges did he encounter in doing so?
15. What did the Red Summer of 1919 reveal about white society's perception of black life and what impact did this have on Woodson?
16. Explain the strained relationship between Woodson and the white president of Howard University James Stanley Durkee.
17. What were the criticisms by white academics and white racial progressives regarding the ASNLH and its publications?
18. What issues did Woodson face in navigating through his alliances with white patrons regarding the ASNLH and why did he resist establishing the association at black colleges and universities?
19. What made the ASNLH an "insurgent intellectual network" and what impact did this have across the United States?
20. How did the insurgent activity of ASNLH become an embodiment of fugitive pedagogy?
21. Essential message
22. Significance for African Americans and education
23. Points of agreement/dissension