... and how was the ayllu-school transformed from a mecca of progressive indigenistas and model of Indigenal Education into a target of state violence and public slander? Peeling back layers of state propaganda and reactionary racism, the chapter argues that the siege of Warisata reveals the reaction...

... and national integration. This ayllu-school became a powerful (and contested) platform of urban elites and educational reformers and a mecca for progressive pilgrims from Mexico, Peru, and the United States. The Bolivian state briefly enshrined Warisata as its official model of “Indigenal Education...

... As president of the nation's only two historically Black colleges for women—Spelman College and Bennett College for Women—Johnnetta Betsch Cole's speeches in this chapter affirm the importance of HBCUs. In her 1988 Spelman College inaugural address, she shares her vision for Spelman as a “mecca...

... in this chapter affirm the importance of HBCUs. In her 1988 Spelman College inaugural address, she shares her vision for Spelman as a “mecca of Black women's studies,” weaving together poetry and sociological concepts to offer a hopeful message that captures the importance of liberal arts and the education...