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King, LaGarrett J. – Social Education, 2020
"Black history is American history," is a popular phrase used by a multitude of people seeking to legitimate Black history to the general population. The motto is usually a two-fold response to concerns about the disregard of Black history. First, "Black history is American history" is used to criticize (and in some cases…
Descriptors: African American History, United States History, Misconceptions, Criticism
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Hughes, Richard L. – Social Education, 2011
In November 1959, John Howard Griffin, a white novelist from Texas, struck up a conversation with a black shoeshine man near the French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana. The two men were acutely aware of the chasm that separated races in the Jim Crow South, but their relationship would soon change. Griffin, who wanted to obtain a deeper…
Descriptors: African Americans, Racial Segregation, Racial Identification, Teaching Methods