Oppression and Resistance in Southern Higher and Adult Education

"This book offers vivid insight and much needed background into Mississippi's challenging culture while shining a light on the potential for the state to achieve social equity and justice through effective collective action." (Susan M. Glisson, Co-Founder and Partner, Sustainable Equity, LLC, USA) "An in-depth examination of the racist efforts to deny educational equity for African Americans in Mississippi. This book is a fabulous resource for everyone who wants to better understand this history and how it continues to impact the state today." (Robby Luckett, Director, Margaret Walker Center, Jackson State University, USA)

This book explores the long history of oppression and resistance in adult and higher education, situated in Mississippi.

This book explores the long history of oppression and resistance in adult and higher education, situated in Mississippi. The state serves as a unique site in which intersecting narratives around race, ethnicity, social class, opportunity, democracy, and equity have played out over the past several decades. In this book, the authors highlight the experiences of students and adults in Mississippi who provide both covert, subtle resistance to the dominant, oppressive educational narrative in the state, as well as those who provide active, visible resistance. Using critical pedagogy and critical theory to drive their analysis, the authors highlight the systematic and continuous nature of oppression, and theorize ways forward toward liberation in Mississippi, the South, and the nation.