In this essay, authors Kihana Miraya Ross and Jarvis R. Givens make their case for a distinct field of education research--Black education studies, which builds on Black studies and education studies. They explore a key analytic in Black education studies, antiblackness, examining its early and more recent uses as an analytic in education research…

The author asserts that development of a critical pedagogy appropriate for education in this country is a top priority. She suggests ways educators can begin to reappropriate the American cultural heritage to create conditions for a meaningful pedagogy. (Author/CH)