by professor kenyatta | Jun 23, 2026 | education, African History, Racism
Samuel M. Goldstein plagiarized African history scholarship built by Cheikh Anta Diop and Chancellor Williams. Before you spend one dollar on a Samuel M. Goldstein book, read this. I am a professor of African and African American Studies with over 30 years of teaching...
by professor kenyatta | Jun 21, 2026 | Hidden Scholars, African American Studies, History
I once drove Dr. John Henrik Clarke home. It was about an hour’s drive to Harlem, and we talked the whole way. He was already elderly by then, his eyesight failing, but his mind was as sharp as a blade. There was nothing frail about the way he thought or the way...
by professor kenyatta | Jun 20, 2026 | Hidden Scholars, African American Studies, History
They told you Columbus discovered America in 1492. They told you that before Europeans arrived, the Americas were isolated — cut off from the rest of the world, waiting to be “found.” They told you Africans had no ships. No navigation. No capacity to cross...
by professor kenyatta | May 27, 2026 | education, Racism
Every Lesson They Taught Us Was a Choice — and So Was Every Lesson They Didn’t We cannot address systemic racism in education without first naming it for what it is. Systemic racism in education is not a relic of the past — it is the water our children are still...
by professor kenyatta | May 25, 2026 | Racism, education
They Didn’t Forget to Teach Us the Truth. They Chose Not To. Racism in American education history did not happen by accident. The American education system did not simply tolerate racism. It was built into it — by design, from the beginning. And we have been paying...
