Jarvis R. Givens. Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2021. Hardcover, 320 p. $36 ISBN 978-0-6749-8368-7

Abstract

Dr. Carter Woodson relentlessly argued that Black intellect requires chutzpah. The famed African American educator and maverick of Black diasporic heritage is finely depicted by Jarvis R. Givens in Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of Black Teaching. Many in the library and information science field know of Dr. Woodson’s contributions: his founding of Negro History Week, which evolved to Black History Month; his catalog of Black history publications, including his seminal work The Miseducation of the Negro; and his work to rally champions of African American interests through the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, or ASALH. Indeed, ASALH’s Information Professionals special interest group evinces that archivists, librarians, and curators are important to advancing Black empowerment. Woodson’s legacy continues to shape knowledge, memory, and information work.