Black Nationalism, Education and Activism (ft. Dr. Greg Carr)

u003ch2u003eEpisode Notes:u003c/h2u003e u003cpu003eu003cspan style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003eDr. Greg Carru003c/spanu003e, associate professor of Africana Studies and chair of theu003cspanu003eu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eDepartment of Afro-American Studiesu003cspanu003eu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eatu003cspanu003eu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003eHoward University,u003cspanu003eu0026nbsp;u003c/spanu003erejoins the u003ca href=u0022https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/building-the-black-educator-pipeline/id1622412713u0022 rel=u0022noopeneru0022u003eBuilding the Black Educator Pipeline Podcastu003c/au003e to give us a history lesson on the life and legacy of Martin Delany. Dr. Carr explains why Delany is considered an icon in Black nationalist thought and contrasts him to modern-day activists.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eDr. Carr and host u003cspan style=u0022font-weight: bold;u0022u003eShayna Terrellu003c/spanu003e discuss the connection to academic work in today’s social movements and potential strategies that ancestors would have used to address the crisis of education and curriculum today. Dr. Carr gives his thoughts on the movement to ban books and exclude topics from the curriculum in schools and the effort to erase parts of our history.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eShayna and Dr. Carr talk about how we can get students active in engaging with these education bills across the country. They also discuss the NAACP’s recent u0022travel advisoryu0022 to Florida, calling the state hostile to Black Americans.u0026nbsp;u003c/pu003e