Dr. Lasana Kazembe, Assistant Professor in the IUPUI School of Education's Department of Urban Teacher Education and in the Africana Studies program, discusses the Black Intellectual Tradition and how this genealogy informs his educational philosophy and his community-focused practices. This segment was presented in the panel discussion titled, "Exploring public purposes in professional life," at the 2020 Preparing Future Faculty and Professionals Conference on November 19th, 2020.