1 hr 15 min
Heirs of the Great Migration with Dr. James Wright Equitable Minds: A podcast on K-12 education
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In this episode, we talk with Dr. James Wright, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University. Dr. Wright recently published a new book titled “Heirs of The Great Migration: How the Past Became the Future,” a narrative biography based on his family’s migration from Jim Crow-era sharecropping in North Carolina to manufacturing jobs in the industrial Northeast and his personal journey of overcoming many obstacles to succeed.
Books Mentioned in the episode:
Heirs of The Great Migration: How the Past Became the Future by James WrightThe Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel WilkersonWhen Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor by William Julius WilsonRace Matters by Cornel WestDemocracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism by Cornel WestCultural Collision and Collusion: Reflections on Hip-Hop Culture, Values, and Schools by Floyd D. Beachum & Carlos R. McCray
In this episode, we talk with Dr. James Wright, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University. Dr. Wright recently published a new book titled “Heirs of The Great Migration: How the Past Became the Future,” a narrative biography based on his family’s migration from Jim Crow-era sharecropping in North Carolina to manufacturing jobs in the industrial Northeast and his personal journey of overcoming many obstacles to succeed.
Books Mentioned in the episode:
Heirs of The Great Migration: How the Past Became the Future by James WrightThe Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel WilkersonWhen Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor by William Julius WilsonRace Matters by Cornel WestDemocracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism by Cornel WestCultural Collision and Collusion: Reflections on Hip-Hop Culture, Values, and Schools by Floyd D. Beachum & Carlos R. McCray
1 hr 15 min