Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Baldwin, James, 1924-1987
2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division
3. Wayne State University. Center for Black Studies

Description

1. 6 videocassettes

Summary

1. The collection consists of 5 video recordings from the symposium, including footage of the keynote address by James Baldwin, "Black English: A Dishonest Argument."

Subject

1. National Invitational Symposium on the King Decision (1980 : Wayne State University)
2. African Americans > Education > Congresses
3. African Americans > Languages > Congresses
4. Black English > Congresses

Genre/Form

1. Video recordings.

Call number

1. Sc MIRS Black 1980

Note

1. Black English and the Education of Black Children and Youth was a symposium held by the Center for Black Studies of Wayne State University in 1980. The symposium was held in the wake of the 1979 Martin Luther King Junior Elementary School Children v. Ann Arbor School District Board case, regarding whether standard English or Black English schould be taught in schools in order to best teach students and combat illiteracy.

Title

1. Black English and the Education of Black Children and Youth Symposium collection.

Publisher

1. 1980.

Type of content

1. two-dimensional moving image

Type of medium

1. video

Type of carrier

1. videocassette

Added author

1. Baldwin, James, 1924-1987, speaker.
2. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
3. Wayne State University. Center for Black Studies.

Research call number

1. Sc MIRS Black 1980