The Equity Experience

EP 007: Critical Remembering - The Oakland Community School and the Black Panther Party

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How does the history help us to understand the present?

In this episode of The Equity Experience Podcast, I have an engaging conversation with Dr. Rob Robinson about his recent dissertation, “Stealin’ the Meeting: The Oakland Community School and the Black Panther Party”.

In episode 007, Rob and I discuss:

  • The role that the Black Panther Party (BPP) played in their development of the Oakland Community School in the 1970s
  • The BPP’s Community School is positioned as a form of black education of self-liberation and black life in education
  • Challenges that the BPP faced as they opened their community school in Oakland
  • How the BPP helped to create a transformative, educational space for Black youth
  • Challenging deficit frameworks of Black students being uneducable
  • Valuing students as co-creators of knowledge and social change

    • To continue the conversation with Dr. Rob Robinson, you can connect with him on social media:

    @robertprobinson Twitter & Instagram or email him [email protected]

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    The Equity ExperienceBy Karla Manning, PhD