Oppression and Resistance in Southern Higher and Adult Education: Mississippi and the Dynamics of Equity and Social Justice (Palgrave Studies in Global Citizenship Education and Democracy)

This book explores the long history of oppression and resistance in adult and higher education, situated in Mississippi. The state serves as a unique site in which intersecting narratives around race, ethnicity, social class, opportunity, democracy, and equity have played out over the past several decades. In this book, the authors highlight the experiences of students and adults in Mississippi who provide both covert, subtle resistance to the dominant, oppressive educational narrative in the state, as well as those who provide active, visible resistance. Using critical pedagogy and critical theory to drive their analysis, the authors highlight the systematic and continuous nature of oppression, and theorize ways forward toward liberation in Mississippi, the South, and the nation. Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Understanding Mississippi as a Particular Site of Oppression in Education -- Mississippi as Unique Case and Object Lesson -- Desegregation and Integration in Mississippi -- White Flight and Resegregation in Mississippi -- Oppression and Resistance Beyond Race -- Mississippi: Unusual and Typical -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Our Positionalities -- Kamden Strunk -- Leslie Ann Locke -- Georgianna Martin -- Our Group -- Overview of the Book: Oppression and Resistance -- References -- Part I: Oppression in Mississippi Adult and Higher Education -- Chapter 2: Conditions of Oppression in Mississippi Adult and Higher Education: The Legacy of White Supremacy and Injustice -- Mississippi's Public Colleges and Universities -- Race-Based Oppression in Mississippi's Public Colleges and Universities -- A Dual Higher Education System, Segregated by Race -- Race-Based Oppression Within Primarily White-Serving Institutions in Mississippi -- Gender-Based Oppression in Mississippi's Public Colleges and Universities -- Oppression Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Mississippi's Public Colleges and Universities -- Adult Education and Informal Community Learning -- State Policies Isolate and Marginalize Communities of Color -- Mississippi Creates Conditions Hostile to Community Education -- Outside Actions Used to Enforce Internal Homogeneity -- Oppression as Dominant Narrative in Mississippi -- References -- Chapter 3: Tracing the Development and Entrenchment of Oppression in Mississippi Adult and Higher Education -- Precursory Conditions in K-12 Education in Mississippi -- Delayed Integration in Mississippi -- Integration and Diminishing Black Opportunity -- Resegregation and the Rise of Private Academies Front Matter....Pages i-xvii Introduction: Understanding Mississippi as a Particular Site of Oppression in Education....Pages 1-30 Front Matter....Pages 31-31 Conditions of Oppression in Mississippi Adult and Higher Education: The Legacy of White Supremacy and Injustice....Pages 33-54 Tracing the Development and Entrenchment of Oppression in Mississippi Adult and Higher Education....Pages 55-75 Oppression and Resistance Timeline....Pages 77-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 Black Resistance....Pages 111-136 Social Class and Resistance....Pages 137-153 Queer Resistance: LGBTQ Students and Allies in Mississippi Adult and Higher Education....Pages 155-171 Front Matter....Pages 173-173 Education for Democracy and Resistance in Mississippi: Critical Pedagogy and Liberation in Southern Adult and Higher Education....Pages 175-190 Thank God for Mississippi....Pages 191-201 Back Matter....Pages 203-231 Kamden K. Strunk, Leslie Ann Locke, Georgianna L. Martin. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.