Memoirs of a Black Philosopher

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Memoirs of a Black Philosopher

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Memoirs of a Black Philosopher is a chronicle of the life and times of Richard A. Jones. In these memoirs, Jones relates the dislocations and disillusionments of Black people in the great migration of Southern Blacks to Northern cities. He recalls the educational trauma brought on by Brown v Board, and his education in the inner-city public schools of Washington DC and Detroit Michigan. Beginning his higher education in the HCBUs at Fisk and Howard Universities, after serving in the US Air Force, Jones begins his educational diaspora in Midwestern universities. His struggles to attain an education culminates in a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Minot State University in 1970. After working as a federal Head Start director, Marketing representative at IBM, and college Minority Affairs Director, Jones begins a new career as a high school mathematics teacher. Never satisfied with his “education,” he begins a new direction in academic philosophy. After completing an MA in philosophy at the University of Denver, he enrolls in a PhD program at the University of Colorado at the age of forty-nine. After completing the degree, Jones teaches philosophy at Kansas State University, followed by returning to Howard University, where he finished his teaching career. At Howard, Jones realizes that “philosophy is more” than teaching and writing. He becomes the Co-coordinator of the Radical Philosophy Association (RPA). His political activity with RPA culminates in conferences in Cuba and South Africa, where he sees the people’s struggles with global capitalism. Jones left Howard in 2013 and continues his “philosophical praxes” in contemplation and writing. His story is one of the unending struggles for human dignity.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Spring Hope
Chapter 2: Blaine Street
Chapter 3: School Daze
Chapter 4: The Absurd Schoolboy
Chapter 5: Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1962–1965
Chapter 6: The Howard University Years, 1963–1965
Chapter 7: Missile Man, 1965–1969
Chapter 8: Why Not Minot?
Chapter 9: The University of Iowa, 1972–1977
Chapter 10: Laughing the Face of a New Sun, 1975–1982
Chapter 11: Westmar Eagles, 1979–1982
Chapter 12: Colorado, 1982–1985
Chapter 13: I’m Wasted and I Can’t Find My Way Home, 1984
Chapter 14: Kent Denver Country Day School, 1985–1990
Chapter 15: Teikyo Loretto Heights University, 1990–1994
Chapter 16: The University of Colorado, 1994–2000
Chapter 17: Howard University, 2001–2013
Bibliography
About the Author
Index

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Published 12 Feb 2024
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 308
ISBN 9780761874300
Imprint Hamilton Books
Illustrations 10 BW Photos, 1 Table
Dimensions 229 x 151 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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