"Black economic solidarity in education: A community-based approach for Black urban schools and neighborhoods" by Renee Hatcher

Unpublished Paper

Black economic solidarity in education: A community-based approach for Black urban schools and neighborhoods

(2017)

Renee Hatcher, John Marshall Law School
Terrance L Green, University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

This article explores how Black economic solidarity might be employed as an alternative community-based education reform strategy to equitably support urban schools and community development in Black neighborhoods. We consider this alternative strategy within the legacy of Black community control of schools and revisit the ethos and principles of Black cooperatives. In doing so, we consider the Consumer Cooperative Trading Company in Gary, Indiana during the 1930s as an illustrative example of this strategy to offer contemporary implications for schools in Black urban neighborhoods. To theoretically situate this article, we draw on solidarity economy with a particular focus on Black Nationalism. This article concludes with suggestions for educators and activists to employ such a strategy and implications for future research.

Keywords

solidarity economy,
Black economic solidarity,
Education,
Community development,
Local control,
cooperative development

Disciplines

Publication Date

2017

Citation Information

Renee Hatcher and Terrance L Green. "Black economic solidarity in education: A community-based approach for Black urban schools and neighborhoods" (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/renee-hatcher/20/