The Wednesday, May 26 edition of Africa400 examines “A New Movement and Pipeline to Save Black Boys”. Mama Tomiko and Baba Ty welcome Special Guests Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu, Dr. Jamie Jenkins, Mr. Bruce Jackson and Dr. Ricki Gibbs. They are building a comprehensive program to help educate young Black boys and save them from the “School-to-Prison Pipeline” that victimizes so many young people, from primary miseducation to criminalization and incarceration.
Dr. Jamie Jenkins is the Executive Principal of East Nashville Magnet High School in Tennessee. https://easthigh.mnps.org/our_school/principal_message
(Above and Below) The 20 African American Men at Nashville HS. https://www.newschannel5.com/news/local-news/metro-high-school-has-nearly-20-black-men-in-staffing-roles-from-principal-to-teachers
Bruce Jackson is the Principal at East Nashville Middle School in Tennessee. https://eastmagnetmiddle.mnps.org/our_school/principal_message
Dr. Ricki Gibbs is the Principal at Warner Arts Magnet Elementary School in Tennessee. https://warner.mnps.org/our_school/principal_message
Jawanza Kunjufu has dedicated his career to addressing the ills afflicting Black culture in the United States, working primarily as an educational consultant and author but more recently expanding into video and film production. He is the founder and president of African American Images, a Chicago-based publishing company. Kunjufu holds advanced degrees in business and economics that have enabled him to place the problems of black society in the larger context of national and international economic models.
Kunjufu was early on fascinated—and appalled—by the educational system for black students in America, and from 1974 onward he began delivering lectures and workshops treating the problems facing black educators. The birth of Kunjufu’s two sons, Shikamana and Walker, further focused his energies on the contradictions inherent in black education and especially in the education of young black males. The fruit of these observations was the 1982 publication of Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys—probably Kunjufu’s best-known book—in which he analyzes and offers alternatives to the frequent failure of black males in school and in the marketplace.
Books
- Children Are the Reward of Life, African American Images, 1978.
- Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys, African American Images, volume one, 1982, volume two, 1986, volume three, 1990.
- Developing Positive Self-Images and Discipline for Black Children, African American Images, 1984.
- Motivating Black Youth to Work, African American Images, 1986.
- Lessons From History: A Celebration in Blackness, African American Images, 1987.
- Critical Issues in Educating African American Youth, African American Images, 1989.
- To Be Popular or Smart: The Black Peer Group, African American Images, 1989.
- Black Economics: Solutions for Economic and Community Empowerment, African American Images, 1991.
- Black Students’ Survival Guide, African American Images, 1998.
- State of Emergency: We Must Save African American Males, African American Images, 2001.
- (With Carter G. Woodson) The Mis-Education of the Negro, African American Images, 2002.
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