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Title: A Different 'Brown' Story: Black Teacher Recruitment to Navajo Reservation BIA Schools during the Desegregation Era
Language: English
Authors: Oliver George Tapaha (ORCID 0009-0001-3633-0592), Khalil Anthony Johnson, Nathan Tanner (ORCID 0000-0003-4132-9171), Terah Venzant Chambers (ORCID 0000-0002-2240-7018)
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.
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Entry Date: 2026
Accession Number: EJ1503492
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