Resistance, education, and rites: An ethnographic study on Afrocentric community education

<p>In 2016, the Detroit Independent Freedom School Movement (DIFS) was established out of the need for positive educational activities for children of the dismantled Detroit Public Schools (DPS). The movement was organized by Detroit community members who created grassroots organizations in response to decades of destruction created by State Emergency Management. This empirical ethnographic study explored the historical evolution of freedom schooling and how volunteers empower residents with community education in Detroit, Michigan. Through a narrative inquiry of volunteer community organizers, the analysis explored the use of Afrocentric methods as a means for political resistance while grounding the experience in a critical lens of Afrocentric Theory.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Teacher Education

Year dc:date.available

2021

Author dc:creator

• Evans, Micala Darcel

Contributors dc:contributor

• Joe Bishop, Ph.D.
• Ethan Lowenstein, Ph.D.
• Ronald Woods, J.D.

• Freedom school
• community education
• Afrocentric education
• community organizing
• African American Studies
• Education

Repository record dc:identifier

https://commons.emich.edu/theses/1109

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:commons.emich.edu:theses-2479