In a segregated New York City of the 1930s, as a young Black woman Mildred L. Johnson found herself unable to secure the teaching job she wanted. Undeterred, she went on to imagine and built a progressive, affirming, Black independent school, called The Modern School, which operated for more than 60 years in Harlem's Sugar Hill.
Panelists Include:
- Khadijah Akeem, Masters Student, History and Education, Teachers College
- Melanie Edwards, The Modern School educator, teacher, and daughter of Mildred L. Johnson and A’Lelia Bundles Scholar at Columbia University
- Ansley Erickson, Associate Professor of History and Education Policy and Co-Director, Center on History and Education
- Deidre B. Flowers '17, A’Lelia Bundles Scholar at Columbia University
- Nicole Furlonge, Klingenstein Family Chair Professor of Practice and Director of Klingenstein Center, Teachers College
- Karen D. Taylor, Founder and Executive Director, While We Are Still Here
