A Different 'Brown' Story: Black Teacher Recruitment to Navajo Reservation BIA Schools during the Desegregation Era
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| Title: | A Different 'Brown' Story: Black Teacher Recruitment to Navajo Reservation BIA Schools during the Desegregation Era |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Oliver George Tapaha (ORCID |
| Source: | Educational Researcher. 2026 55(4):266-272. |
| Availability: | SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: https://sagepub.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 7 |
| Publication Date: | 2026 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Descriptive |
| Descriptors: | School Desegregation, African American Teachers, Navajo (Nation), Teacher Recruitment, Desegregation Litigation, American Indian Education, Boarding Schools, Educational History, African American History, American Indian History, Federal Government |
| Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: | Brown v Board of Education |
| DOI: | 10.3102/0013189X251413571 |
| ISSN: | 0013-189X 1935-102X |
| Abstract: | The 70th anniversary of the "Brown" decision provides an opportunity to shed light on the story of Black educators who were recruited to schools on the Navajo Nation after being fired in the transition to desegregated schooling. With the support of the Navajo Tribal Council, the 1954 Navajo Emergency Education Program established funds to create additional schools throughout the Navajo Nation. Contacted through Black newspaper and magazine advertisements and direct recruitment, hundreds of Black teachers, displaced from schools throughout the South, ended up at schools like Chinle Boarding School. We share one former student's story and contextualize it within the broader "Brown" historiography. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1503492 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | The 70th anniversary of the "Brown" decision provides an opportunity to shed light on the story of Black educators who were recruited to schools on the Navajo Nation after being fired in the transition to desegregated schooling. With the support of the Navajo Tribal Council, the 1954 Navajo Emergency Education Program established funds to create additional schools throughout the Navajo Nation. Contacted through Black newspaper and magazine advertisements and direct recruitment, hundreds of Black teachers, displaced from schools throughout the South, ended up at schools like Chinle Boarding School. We share one former student's story and contextualize it within the broader "Brown" historiography. |
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| ISSN: | 0013-189X 1935-102X |
| DOI: | 10.3102/0013189X251413571 |
