ABSTRACTFrom Black Power to the New Millennium: The Evolution of African Centered Education in Detroit, Michigan from 1970 until 2000.By Kefentse K. ChikeThis research examines the birth and evolution of the Independent Black School Movement which evolved into the Contemporary Independent African Centered Education Movement. The Independent Black School Movement emerged from the Community Control of Schools Movement during the Black Power era in the late 1960's. The architects of this movement withdrew from the Community of Control of Schools Movement and established several private schools that were independently own and operated by African Americans. These schools were established and operated within the philosophical and ideological context of Black Power and Black Nationalism. The first Independent Black Schools emerged on the East coast in New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey and Washington, D.C. Within a short period of time Independent Black schools were established within cities throughout the United States. The independent Black School Movement came to be known as the African Centered Education Movement. The objective of this work is to examine and document the inception and evolution of the Independent Black School Movement/Contemporary Independent African-centered Education Movement in Detroit, Michigan from 1970 until 2000. Moreover, this study seeks to determine the degree that the founding goals of nation-building and the related ideologies of Black Nationalism and Black Power were sustained as the movement evolved. This study examines the growth and evolution of the Independent Black School Movement to the Contemporary Independent African-centered Education Movement in four phases; the Pre-Formal Phase 1962-1972, the Independent Phase 1970-1990, the Public/Independent Phase 1990-1995, and the Public Phase 1994-2000.
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