Date Approved
2021
Degree Type
Open Access Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department or School
Teacher Education
Committee Member
Joe Bishop, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Ethan Lowenstein, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Ronald Woods, J.D.
Committee Member
Gloria House, Ph.D.
Abstract
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.
Recommended Citation
Evans, Micala Darcel, "Resistance, education, and rites: An ethnographic study on Afrocentric community education" (2021). Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations. 1109.
https://commons.emich.edu/theses/1109