Beatrice Lumpkin

Beatrice Lumpkin is a long time labor activist with laundry workers, steelworkers, and teachers. As a math professor at Malcolm X College in Chicago, she fought to restore the contributions of people of color to the educational curriculum. She has served as a multicultural consultant to textbook publishers and to public schools in Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Portland, Ore. She is the author of “Always Bring a Crowd, the Story of Frank Lumpkin Steelworker” and “Joy in the Struggle, My Life and Love.” Beatrice Lumpkin is an active member of the Teachers Union and SOAR.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Beatrice Lumpkin

U.S.

Getting racism out of school curricula
January 11, 2016 By Beatrice Lumpkin
How much progress have we made in getting racism out of our schools since the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. Board of Education?
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U.S.

At GOP fundraiser, protesters warn “Rauner and Christie – bad for Illinois, bad for USA”
August 12, 2014 By Beatrice Lumpkin
Chris Christie brought checks to the fundraiser totaling $4 million, demonstrators shouted, "Illinois is not for sale."
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Arts

Abraham Galloway biography provides truer picture of Civil War
August 8, 2014 By Beatrice Lumpkin
Abraham Galloway, an African-American bricklayer by trade, became a leader of the abolition cause and built a network of freedom fighters deep in the Slave South.
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Labor

Postal workers and supporters rally to save the mail
July 23, 2014 By John Wojcik And Beatrice Lumpkin
Chants of "U.S. mail is not for sale" echoed through the canyons of Chicago's downtown skyscrapers as thousands of union postal workers, teachers and other supporters rallied
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Environment

U.S. and Cuban scientists sign historic pact
May 13, 2014 By Beatrice Lumpkin
Although Cuba is a logical partner for the U.S. to collaborate with on medical research and development, the longstanding U.S. embargo severely limits trade, travel and exchanges .
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Labor

Rallies demand equal pay
April 10, 2014 By Beatrice Lumpkin
How unequal are women's wages? Women in the U.S., on average, are now paid only 77 cents to every $1.00 of men's average pay.
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Opinion

Do we need public education?
March 18, 2014 By Beatrice Lumpkin
The public pays for charter schools through their taxes, has no input into their educational practices. Unlike Chicago public schools, neither parents nor community control anything a charter school does.
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Opinion

1948: Pete Seeger and Henry Wallace
January 31, 2014 By Beatrice Lumpkin
I heard Pete Seeger many times, but the most stirring was his 1948 appearance in Buffalo, N.Y., at a rally for Henry Wallace.
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