10 African-American Innovators of Education

[Francis Hult]

The Atlanta Post

 

10 African-American Innovators of Education

 

Social psychologist Robert Williams coined the term Ebonics (a combination of ebony and phonics) in 1973. He followed it up two years later with the book "Ebonics: The True Language of Black Folks." "We need to define what we speak. We need to give a clear definition to our language," Dr. Williams said. The term had become increasingly irrelevant until twenty years later when Oakland's school board controversially decided to recognize it as a primary language of its Black students.

 

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http://atlantapost.com/2010/06/24/10-african-american-innovators-of-education/

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