- The historical intellectual biographies of African American social work pioneers (Carlton-LaNey, 1990) builds students’ skills in using primary and secondary historical data to recover the contributions of indigenous behavioral health, community organizing, mutual aid, and race-conscious work that contributes to the contemporary practice of the profession. Each student will select an African American Social Welfare Pioneer from the attached list and prepare a scholarly paper based on the guidelines from Carlton-LaNey, I. (1990). The intellectual biography: A mechanism for integrating historical content
- The Social Welfare Pioneer you are discussing is Harriet Tubman
SOCIAL WELFARE PIONEER PAPER EXPECTATIONS
Artifact
Noted societal responses to scholars ideas
Publications of scholarly writings
Scholars geographical reach regarding ideas –national, regional or local
Discuss conclusions about the pioneer’s motives for action
Include one of the core theories of urban social work
Discuss implications and draw conclusions about pioneer’s contribution to current social work practice
