Keith A. Mayes

How special education used disability labels to marginalise Black students in public schools The Unteachables examines the overrepresentation of Black students in special education over the course of the twentieth century. As African American children integrated predominantly white schools, many were disproportionately labelled educable mentally retarded (EMR), learning disabled (LD), and emotionally behavioural disordered (EBD). Keith A. Mayes charts the...