Title
Great Books as a Tool for Liberating African Americans
Description
Video recording of a lecture delivered by Anika Prather, Founder of The Living Water School, on September 18, 2020 as part of the Formal Lecture Series. Dr. Prather offers this description for her lecture: "I will first review the history of how the Great Books or Classical studies have historically been instrumental in liberating African Americans and then I will connect that to current events and the importance of there being global citizens to fight this fight with our minds and hearts as MLK, Thurgood Marshall, John Lewis and so many others did, using the American documents and a deep understanding of them to hold our leadership accountable to the Constitution."
Dr. Prather has spent many years as a teacher, director of education, and head of public and Christian schools. She writes about the history of classical education in the black community as well as the power of classics in the classroom. She is the founder of The Living Water School in Fort Washington, Maryland and teaches in the classics department at Howard University.
Dr. Prather has spent many years as a teacher, director of education, and head of public and Christian schools. She writes about the history of classical education in the black community as well as the power of classics in the classroom. She is the founder of The Living Water School in Fort Washington, Maryland and teaches in the classics department at Howard University.
Creator
Publisher
Coverage
Annapolis, MD
Date
2020-09-18
Rights
A signed permission form has been received stating, "I hereby grant St. John's College permission to make an audiovisual recording of my lecture, and retain copies for circulation and archival preservation at the St. John's College Greenfield Library and to make an audiovisual recording of my lecture available online."
Type
moving image
Format
mp4
Contributor
Language
English
Identifier
Prather_Anika_2020-09-18
Original Format
Zoom video conference
Duration
00:58:30