Joseph Allen

Archives

Local, state, and national archives, provide a variety of collections related to the segregation, desegregation, and re-segregation of schools in the United States. What follows is a description of relevant archives for school desegregation in the Midwest with substantive collections:

National Archives at Chicago (Chicago, Illinois): Houses information from United States District Courts throughout the Midwest from the 1930s and includes lawsuits involving alleged violations of civil rights.

Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection (Chicago, Illinois): Housed at the Woodson Regional Library and part of the Chicago Public Library system, the collection includes the largest African American history and literature collection in the Midwest and contains a wealth of information on the  Black experience, particularly as it pertains to the State of Illinois.

The Black Archives of Mid-America (Kansas City, Missouri): Collects and preserve the history of African Americans in the Midwest, including video footage from the local television program “Black Archives Presents” airing from the 1970s to the 1990s. Additionally, the Black Archives is home to a robust collection of manuscripts and artifacts regarding the educational experiences of African Americans, including photographs, personal correspondence, oral histories, and rare books.

Missouri Valley Special Collections (Kansas City, Missouri): A part of the Kansas City Public Library System, the MVSP chronicles African American history in the Midwest and Kansas City. Included within the MVSC is the Ramos collection, which includes books, pamphlets, and clippings on African American history and culture. Additionally, the MVSC includes a robust collection of materials regarding the Kansas City, Missouri School District and other surrounding school districts.

National Archives at Kansas City (Kansas City, Missouri): Contains 35,000 cubic feet of archival holdings, including documents, photographs, maps, and architectural drawings from 1821-1980s.  Within this collection is information regarding Oliver Brown and Brown v. Board of Topeka.

Nebraska State Historical Society (Lincoln, Nebraska): Numerous collections regarding both the history of schooling in Nebraska and the African American experience, including the Black Nebraska Oral History Project and the, as well as collections around the Nebraska chapters of the NAACP and the Urban League.

Douglas County Historical Society (Omaha, Nebraska): Home to collections pertaining to the greater Omaha area, including a collection regarding Omaha race relations since the 1919 Court House Riot.

State Historical Society of Iowa (Des Moines, Iowa): Located in Des Moines and Iowa City, the State Historical Society includes a variety of special collections regarding Iowa’s development and the citizens’ experience, including manuscripts around the history of schooling.

Dr. Loyce Caruthers – Bio

Dr. Loyce Caruthers
Dr. Loyce Caruthers

Loyce Caruthers, Ph.D.
Loyce Caruthers, Chair and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Policy and Foundations at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, teaches courses to prepare prospective school administrators for school leadership and doctoral students to conduct qualitative research. She also serves as Coordinator of the Ed.D. in the pk-12 Education Administration Program. As a past pk-12 teacher and administrator in an urban district, Loyce’ s research involves the use of voice through narrative and critical race theory for exploring phenomena related to race, class, gender and other differences that may influence educators’ beliefs and perceptions, and ultimately their work in schools. Recent publications include a co-authored book, Great Expectations: What Kids Want from Our Urban Public Schools with a forward by Gloria Ladson-Billings. Her manuscripts on voice have appeared in the International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, Journal of Black Studies, The Journal of Negro Education, American Educational History Journal, Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research, Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, and Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research. Loyce serves on the REL-Central Governing Board Member and Editorial Boards of the Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research and Educational Studies: A Journal of the American Educational Studies Association. While Loyce is heavily engaged in scholarship, her favorite moments are helping to mentor young people as school leaders and social justice advocates. She has been nominated by her colleagues and students for Outstanding Faculty Award (Interdisciplinary Doctoral Student Council and Chancellor’s Excellence in Teaching Award. At the community level, she was the recipient of the Grady Ray Brown Spirit Award for Leadership Excellence and worked for a number of years to incorporate 4H After School Programming in Kansas City Public housing.

Dr. Jennifer Friend – Bio

Dr. Jennifer Friend
Dr. Jennifer Friend

Dr. Jennifer Friend is currently the Associate Dean of the School of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Policy & Foundations at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is the Director of the Preparing Future Faculty online graduate certificate program and teaches graduate students interested in academic careers. Dr. Friend’s research focuses on educational leadership and issues of social justice in U.S. public education. She uses advanced technologies and digital video production techniques grounded in post-qualitative and arts-based inquiry to illuminate existing inequities in education. Recent publications have appeared in the open access International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research (IJLTER), the Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research (JULTR), the Journal of Research in Leadership Education (JRLE), and Educational Studies. Dr. Friend is the founder and co-chair of the annual University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Film Festival featuring short films that explore the landscape of quality leadership preparation, scholarship, policy, and practice.

Dr. Candace Schlein – Bio

Dr. Candace Schlein
Dr. Candace Schlein

Dr. Candace Schlein is an Associate Professor of Curriculum Studies in the Division of Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She is the Co-Editor of A Reader of Narrative and Critical Lenses on Intercultural Teaching and Learning (Information Age, In press). She serves as Conference Historian for Division B Curriculum Studies of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and as Conference Historian for the American Association for Teaching and Curriculum (AATC). She has also been involved in funded research on exemplary urban educators in Kansas City schools. Her work focuses on experiential curriculum; intercultural teaching and learning; diversity; and narrative inquiry. Her contribution to these fields has been recognized with membership to Professors of Curriculum of AERA, the Early Career Award of the Narrative Research Special Interest Group of AERA, and the Francis P. Hunkins AATC Distinguished Article Award in Teaching.