"The Way We Found Them to Be": Remembering E. Franklin Frazier and the Politics of Respectable Black Teachers

Autor/in	Kelly, Hilton
Titel	"The Way We Found Them to Be": Remembering E. Franklin Frazier and the Politics of Respectable Black Teachers
Quelle	In: Urban Education, 45 (2010) 2, S.142-165 (24 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0859
DOI	10.1177/0042085908322726
Schlagwörter	Oral History; African American Teachers; Politics of Education; Racial Segregation; School Segregation; Social Change; Interviews; Phenomenology; Teaching Experience; Critical Theory; Social Values; Educational Practices; African American History; Socioeconomic Influences; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Oral tradition; Mündliche Überlieferung; African Americans; Teacher; Teachers; Afroamerikaner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Rassentrennung; Sozialer Wandel; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Kritische Theorie; Sozialer Wert; Bildungspraxis; Sozioökonomischer Faktor
Abstract	Given the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of E. Franklin Frazier's award-winning "Black Bourgeoisie", this article reconsiders the political nature of a respectability discourse among black teachers in the Jim Crow South. Writing against Frazier's image of a materialistic and status-addicted black middle class, I argue that the politics of respectability shaped teachers' perceptions and actions in positive ways. Drawing upon oral history narratives across three counties in the coastal plains of North Carolina, I show how a collective memory of teaching in legally segregated schools for blacks offers a fresh look at "respectable black teachers." Instead of limiting or constraining black teachers' work, the politics of respectability actually gave them a sense of purpose and hope to forge ahead. (Contains 1 table and 8 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10