While Black history is a popular subset of history education, most learners uncritically engage with the subject leaving major gaps in how we understand Black people's history and culture. This workshop will explore what we know and don't know about how we teach Black history and how it is problematic. Dr. King will explain a Black history framework, Black historical consciousness, that provides a humanistic understanding of Black people. The framework consists of 8 principles that can be adopted by schools, libraries, and the general society interesting in Black history education.

Dr. LaGarrett King is an Associate professor of Black History and Social Studies Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo.

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