Documenting the Legacy of Jeanes Teachers & Black Educational Activism

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This project is a living, digital museum that preserves and amplifies the radical, community-centered educational legacy of the Jeanes Teachers—Black women educators who led with courage, creativity, and commitment during the Jim Crow era.

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Through research led by undergraduate youth co-researchers and supported by the HGSE Black Teacher Archive, we uncover and share stories that reflect a long-standing tradition of education as a form of liberation. The Jeanes Teachers were not just instructors—they were organizers, mentors, and advocates whose impact shaped generations and inspired resistance in the face of racial and educational oppression.

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Each summer, youth researchers engage in a 7-week hybrid Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) course to explore and curate digital exhibits, oral histories, and archival narratives that illuminate the lives and work of educators like:

• Narvie Harris & Mary Lee Hall Bussey (Georgia)

• Carol Prejean Zippert (Louisiana & Alabama)

• Maggie Bozeman & Rosie Lee Carpenter (Alabama)

• Harry T. Moore (Florida)

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This platform is more than an archive—it’s a call to remember, resist, and reimagine the role of education in advancing justice.

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