Book Summary: The Freedom Fighter

Freedom Fighters : Struggles Instituting Black History in K-12 education was a great read on black history and it's integration into education. This book was a great example of how the education system was not designed for African American students and is based heavily on the Anglo-European curriculum. This book discusses the implementation of black history in the curriculum as well as the misinformation being disseminated about African American history. It also explores the details of racism in Louisiana and how proves how racism is alive and prevalent in education and schools. “When you control a man’s thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.” This quote is one of the most profound quotes and powerful quotes in this book. IThe smarter a person is makes it more …show more content…
With this information African Americans should strive to acquire as much information as possible in order to think for themselves. “The luxury of ignorance reinforces and perpetuates White isolation”. The smarter we get, the less controlled we become and it is harder to stay on top. The book gives an abundance of information concerning views of teaching of black history and its importance to education. The implementation of African American history in the school system is a battle worth fighting. While reading, one solid fact remain constant. Black History is American history and should be implemented into the History curriculum. The curriculum is very sanitized. Although it is a lot of extra work, it is highly necessary to teach every side of the story and incorporate American History that has been forgotten or coincidentally left out. Although a great book, one thing I disagreed with was the quote “African Americans have very little control over the education of them or their children.” Although a large part of education is schools, schools are not the only place children are educated.