6 Best teaching books like Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching by Jarvis R. Givens

Cover of Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching by Jarvis R. Givens

Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

By: Jarvis R. Givens

4.57

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fresh portrayal of one of the architects of the African American intellectual tradition, whose fa…

If you liked the teaching plot in Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching by Jarvis R. Givens , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire, Donaldo Macedo, Myra Bergman Ramos, None

1. Pedagogy of the Oppressed

By: Paulo Freire , Donaldo Macedo , Myra Bergman Ramos , None

4.30

Format: 183 pages, Paperback

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in En… read more

Similar categories in Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • history
  • politics
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
"Critical consciousness, they say, is anarchic."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"People educate each other through the mediation of the world."

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

"Word is not the privilege of some few persons but the right of everyone"

-Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

Cover of Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by None

2. Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

By: None

4.43

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Diamond stopped going to school the day she was expelled for lashing out at peers … read more

Similar categories in None's Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • race
  • politics
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
Cover of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

3. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

By: Richard Rothstein

2.89

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading auth… read more

Similar categories in Richard Rothstein's The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice

4. Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life

By: Annette Lareau

5.00

Format: 646 pages, Paperback

Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on in-depth obs… read more

Similar categories in Annette Lareau's Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

5. Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination

By: Robin D.G. Kelley

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kelley unearths freedom dreams in this exciting history of renegade intellectuals and artists of th… read more

Similar categories in Robin D.G. Kelley's Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

6. Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School

By: None

2.97

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday li… read more

Similar categories in None's Troublemakers: Lessons in Freedom from Young Children at School book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

7. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

By: bell hooks

3.46

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In Teaching to Transgress, bell hooks--writer, teacher, and insurgent black intellectual--writes ab… read more

Similar categories in bell hooks's Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

Cover of Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance by Mia Bay

8. Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance

By: Mia Bay

4.29

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A New York Times Critics' Top Book of the Year "This extraordinary book is a powerful addition t… read more

Similar categories in Mia Bay's Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology by Deirdre Cooper Owens

9. Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

By: Deirdre Cooper Owens

4.14

Format: 182 pages, Kindle Edition

The accomplishments of pioneering doctors such as John Peter Mettauer, James Marion Sims, and Natha… read more

Similar categories in Deirdre Cooper Owens's Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • race
  • history
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
Cover of They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

10. They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

By: Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

4.29

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy Bri… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers's They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • race
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • audiobook
"Historians who explore slavery's relationship to capitalism generally focus on the roles that men played in the development of both. But if we considered the very real possibility that some of the en…"

-Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

Cover of We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina L. Love

11. We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

By: Bettina L. Love

4.54

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision … read more

Similar categories in Bettina L. Love's We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • race
  • history
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
  • audiobook
"When you understand how these theories function, when they become your North Star, you understand why progress is so hard and why survival is a constant struggle. Theories are more than just academic…"

-Bettina L. Love, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

"The four major testing companies—Pearson Education, Educational Testing Service, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw Hill—make $2 billion a year in revenue while spending $20 million a year lobbyin…"

-Bettina L. Love, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

Cover of Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

12. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

4.55

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more

Similar categories in Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"

-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice

Cover of Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad

13. Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

By: Layla F. Saad

4.34

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

Me and White Supremacy teaches readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that the… read more

Similar categories in Layla F. Saad's Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • race
  • politics
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
  • audiobook
"You do not have to be the loudest voice. But you do need to use your voice."

-Layla F. Saad, Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

Cover of Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal by Bettina L. Love

14. Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal

By: Bettina L. Love

4.41

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

“I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bett… read more

Similar categories in Bettina L. Love's Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • race
  • history
  • politics
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of Dr. No by Percival Everett

15. Dr. No

By: Percival Everett

3.71

Format: 262 pages, Paperback

A sly, madcap novel about supervillains and nothing, really, from an American novelist whose star k… read more

Similar categories in Percival Everett's Dr. No book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • audiobook
"You sound like a physicist," she said. "There's no need to be insulting."

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

"When you step on the gas, do it gently, softly, slowly. Okay? All right, let's try it again. Gently. Treat it like you would a woman." "I would never step on a woman."

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

"And like my BIPDIP husband, it's never been out of the state, not even to Boston." "BIPDIP?" "Born in Providence, died in Providence. We actually honeymooned in Newport. I hate him so much."

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

"Now here he was, tailored iron-gray suit, thin maroon tie, a maroon handkerchief peeking out from his breast pocket. His oxblood wing tips gleamed. He looked like a supervillain or, worse, an upper-c…"

-Percival Everett, Dr. No

Cover of Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities by Nick   Walker

16. Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities

By: Nick Walker

4.37

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on h… read more

Similar categories in Nick Walker's Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"If you see anyone trying to narrow the definition of neuroqueer and trying to police who gets to use the tern, feel free to tell them that I said to stop acting like a fucking cop. The world needs mo…"

-Nick Walker, Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities

Cover of The American Daughters by Maurice Carlos Ruffin

17. The American Daughters

By: Maurice Carlos Ruffin

3.61

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gripping historical novel about a spirited young girl who joins a sisterhood of Black women worki… read more

Similar categories in Maurice Carlos Ruffin's The American Daughters book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • historical
  • race
  • audiobook
Cover of Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn by Barbara Oakley

18. Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn

By: Barbara Oakley

4.20

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Top 10 Pick for Learning Ladders’ Best Books for Educators Summer 2021 A groundbreaking guide to i… read more

Similar categories in Barbara Oakley's Uncommon Sense Teaching: Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • nonfiction
  • teaching
  • education
Cover of The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright

19. The Man Who Lived Underground

By: Richard Wright

3.96

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Fred Daniels, un jeune homme noir, se fait arrêter par la police à la fin d’une journée de travail,… read more

Similar categories in Richard Wright's The Man Who Lived Underground book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • race
  • audiobook
"Jesus, take me to your blessed home above and wrap me in the bosom of thy love..."

-Richard Wright, The Man Who Lived Underground

"This tendency of freely juxtaposing totally unrelated images and symbols and then tying them into some overall concept, mood, feeling, is a trait of Negro thinking and that has always fascinated me."

-Richard Wright, The Man Who Lived Underground

"Yes, the only being who could possibly gaze down upon such a hopeless spectacle and encompass its meaninglessness would have to be a god. That was it! Maybe men had invented gods to feel what they co…"

-Richard Wright, The Man Who Lived Underground

"What was this sense of guilt so seemingly innate, so easy to come by, to think, to feel, so verily physical? It seemed that when one felt this guilt one was but retracing in one’s living a faint patt…"

-Richard Wright, The Man Who Lived Underground

Cover of Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching by Jarvis R. Givens

20. Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

By: Jarvis R. Givens

4.57

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A fresh portrayal of one of the architects of the African American intellectual tradition, whose fa… read more

Similar categories in Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • race
  • biography
  • history
  • historical
  • politics
  • teaching
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • education
  • audiobook
Cover of Feeling White: Whiteness, Emotionality, and Education (Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, Socio-environmental Justice & Education, 2) by Cheryl E. Matias

21. Feeling White: Whiteness, Emotionality, and Education (Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, Socio-environmental Justice & Education, 2)

By: Cheryl E. Matias

4.35

Format: 210 pages, Hardcover

Discussing race and racism often conjures up emotions of guilt, shame, anger, defensiveness, denial… read more

Similar categories in Cheryl E. Matias's Feeling White: Whiteness, Emotionality, and Education (Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, Socio-environmental Justice & Education, 2) book and Jarvis R. Givens's Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching

  • race
  • nonfiction

11 best-selling audiobook books like Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching by Jarvis R. Givens

Transform Your Habits

Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance

Mia Bay

4.29

Transform Your Habits

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology

Deirdre Cooper Owens

4.14

Transform Your Habits

They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

4.29

Transform Your Habits

We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom

Bettina L. Love

4.54

View all the books

7 must-read fiction books like The Man Who Lived Underground by Richard Wright

Transform Your Habits

Animal (Animal, #1)

K'wan

4.54

Transform Your Habits

The Spook Who Sat by the Door

Sam Greenlee

3.65

Transform Your Habits

Home

Toni Morrison

3.89

Transform Your Habits

Yonnondio: From the Thirties

Tillie Olsen , Linda Ray Pratt

4.83

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.