Education is essential for social equality, and Black Washingtonians recognize that for the American Dream to apply to them, their children need a quality education. In Model Schools in the Model City: Race, Planning, and Education in the Nation’s Capital, author Amber N. Wiley explains how DC school buildings became a physical realization of Black liberation, agency, and their right to exist as citizens of the United States.
On Thursday, October 23, Amber joined the DC History Center and Charles Sumner School Museum and Archives for her first book talk in Washington, DC, moderated by Kimberly Springle.