Document Type
Article - post-print
Publication Date
4-4-2025
Abstract
In this paper, we use Prometheus and his perpetual punishment to draw attention to the historic role Black people have played in U.S. education and contemplate the state of education for Black people 70 years after the Brown decision. We note the parallels between the period of reconstruction to the current period and use a case study of a school in Oakland, California to draw attention to a community-based response to the unfulfilled promise of the historic Brown decision. Our hope is that the case study can be used to undertake similar initiatives.
Department
Department of Educational Leadership
Original Publication Citation
Noguera, J. M. S., & Noguera, P. A. (2025). The Promethean Promise: Understanding and Responding to the Educational Aspirations of Black People in the US, Seventy Years After Brown. Urban Education, 00420859251329267. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859251329267
Publisher Statement
This is the accepted author manuscript. For the version of record see: https://doi.org/10.1177/00420859251329267
Digital Commons @ LMU & LLS Citation
Noguera, Joaquín M.S. and Noguera, Pedro A., "The Promethean Promise: Understanding and Responding to the Educational Aspirations of Black People in the US, Seventy Years After Brown" (2025). School of Education Faculty Works. 125.
https://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/education_fac/125
