Lasana Kazembe: Mohonk Conference and Black Education

Lasana Kazembe, discusses his article, “The Steep Edge of a Dark Abyss: Mohonk, White Social Engineers, and Black Education.” Professor Kazembe discusses the key objectives of the First Mohonk Conference on "the Negro Question" and how this built the education standards for Black Americans. Emerging from the Conference sessions and speakers were themes of racial fear, social engineering, and economic exploitation that supported white supremacy rather than black integration.

Lasana Kazembe an Associate Professor of Education at Indiana University in Indianapolis.

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