- Collection:
- Asa G. Hilliard, III Papers, Audio-Visual Materials Series
- Title:
- Mays Lecture at Morehouse, October 30, 1997
- Date of Original:
- 1997-10-30
- Subject:
- Education--Curricula
African American scholars
Ethnology
Pan-Africanism
Psychology - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- On October 30, 1997, Dr. Asa G. Hilliard, III delivered the Ninth Annual Benjamin E. Mays Lecture on the campus of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. In his lecture, Dr. Hilliard questions whether educators have the will to help children succeed in school. He decries a culture of "institutionalized low standards in schools" and argues that flawed assumptions have led educators to believe that children are not capable of achievement. Hilliard cites the work of such educators as Shinichi Suzuki in Japan, Fu-Kiau Bunseki in Congo, and Abdulalim Shabazz of Clark Atlanta University as examples of excellence in teaching. He also criticizes the work of Charles Murray, particularly his book The Bell Curve, arguing that many in society accept its conclusions about the academic abilities of poor and minority students.
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/auc.092:0020
- Additional Rights Information:
- All works in this collection either are protected by copyright and/or are the property of the Robert W. Woodruff Library, and/or the copyright holder as appropriate. To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission to publish, please contact the Archives Research Center at: archives@auctr.edu with the web URL or handle identification number.
- Extent:
- 01:27:04
- Original Collection:
- Asa G. Hilliard, III Papers
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/fa:092 - Holding Institution:
- Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library
- Rights:
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