Critiquing the Traditional Narrative:
Additional Readings and Videos
READING
Mississippi Burning is Still Burning: A Critical Film Review
By Judy Richardson
A critical review of the film Mississippi Burning, which ignores the Civil Rights Movement, characterizes the local African-American community as passive victims of racist violence, and lifts the role of the FBI to heroic proportions.
READING
Children’s Book on Ella Baker: A Critical Review
By Judy Richardson
A critical review of the picture book, Lift as You Climb: The Story of Ella Baker.
Reading
Teaching King Beyond "I have a dream."
A collection of lessons and readings for teaching about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
READING AND Video
Preserving and Teaching Black History
Interview of Timothy Jenkins by Rock Newman
During this powerful interview, Timothy Jenkins talks about the history of Howard University, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), pan-Africanism, liberatory education, the Association for the Study of African American Life and Culture (ASALH), Black history as American history, Stokely Carmichael, lessons from the barbershop, revolutionary nonviolence, and much more.