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This chapter highlights the accomplishments and historical significance of Asa Grant Hillard who was a psychologist, educator, and supporter of African-centered pedagogy. He consulted with school systems and universities throughout the country. The chapter also offers a critical analysis of the role Dr. Hilliard had in contributing to the growth and development of education in the African American community, especially as it relates to education policies and practices in the latter part of the twentieth-century America through the early twenty-first century in America.
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Stayton, J., Richardson, C.O. (2019). Asa Grant Hilliard, III (1933–2007). In: Lewis, A., Taylor, N. (eds) Unsung Legacies of Educators and Events in African American Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90128-2_11
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