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Author Talk | Karida L. Brown

Join scholar and author Karida L. Brown as she discusses her book, "The Battle for the Black Mind," about the history of education in the United States from the end of the Civil War to the historic ruling of Brown v. Board of Education.

In The Battle for the Black Mind, Dr. Karida Brown explores the struggle to define and control the education of African Americans amid shifting societal attitudes and forms of systemic exclusion. From the perspective of freed slaves seeking empowerment and liberation through education, to the white elites aiming to shape the future of the workforce and consolidate power, The Battle for the Black Mind explores the formation of segregated education systems and the influence of philanthropic organizations, religious institutions, and Black educators themselves in shaping these structures. 

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Karida L. Brown is a sociologist, professor, oral historian, and public intellectual whose research centers on the ontologies of systemic racism and the fullness of Black life. She is a Professor of Sociology at Emory University where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on race and racism, sports and society, and historical archival methods. Dr. Brown is a Fulbright Scholar, and her international research has been supported by national foundations such as the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Hellman Fellows Fund. Brown currently serves on the board of The Obama Presidency Oral History Project. She lives in Atlanta with her husband, fine artist and illustrator Charly Palmer, and their two pugs, Pugsly and Blu.

Moderating the talk will be Nicole Carr. She is an award-winning, Atlanta-based investigative journalist and journalism professor at Morehouse College. The majority of her most recent work for ProPublica has explored the intersection of race, politics, parental rights organizations, and democracy in public education. Carr has developed courses in History of the Black Press, social justice, and investigative journalism for students and faculty at Morehouse and Spelman Colleges, as well as Clark Atlanta and Howard Universities.

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