The Battle for the Black Mind: when the battle is public

2025/10/22 by Taura Taylor · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Education Systems and Policy #Race, History, and American Society

paper · doi:10.1080/01419870.2025.2573130

openalex publication_date 2025/10/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/16

Abstract

The Battle for the Black Mind utilizes archival research to engage readers whose lives are directly impacted by historic and persisting racial injustices in education. I consider the author’s contribution an act of public scholarship and a roadmap to navigate contemporary racialized educational retrenchment. In addition, I share how addressing the contested legacies of Historically Black Colleges and Universities is imperative to aver the newest attach on Black education.

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