“Insubordination” Anna Julia Cooper and the “Courageous Revolt”

The February Lens Webinar Series will feature author Shirley Moody-Turner. In this talk, Dr. Moody-Turner will discuss her biography-in-progress on trailblazing Black educator, Anna Julia Cooper, and her recent Washington Post article, “How the Black Female Head of a DC School was Punished for Leading.” She’ll examine what was at stake in the battles over Black education at the turn of the twentieth century and how the national ascendency of Jim Crow segregation played out in the local politics affecting the lives of Black Washingtonians. Most importantly, she’ll explore Anna Julia Cooper’s “Courageous Revolt” against Jim Crow education and show how Cooper was punished for carrying out the work she was hired to do.

In-person event + Livestream
Meeting Room A