1st Edition
Black Literate Lives Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Foreword by Vanessa Siddle Walker
An introduction: Not yet free
Chapter One: Toward a theory of black literate lives
Chapter Two: "I don’t want us to forget the fire": The literacy activism of Gwendolyn Brooks
Chapter Three: Agitating, Educating, and Organizing: The making of revolutionary literacies
Chapter Four: "The song is unfinished": Soldiering in participatory literacy communities
Chapter Five: Catching the Fire: Black teachers as literacy activists in urban public schools
Appendix A: Notes on Methodology
Appendix B: "The 15 Demands of the African American Students' Association" as printed in Black News on December 1, 1969, Volume 1, Number 5
Appendix C: The Assata Shakur Project for Spoken Word/Multicultural Literature
Biography
Maisha T. Fisher is Assistant Professor in language, literacy, and culture in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University.
"Black Literate Lives offers a critical examination of black literary traditions that skillfully counters stereotypes about the values African Americans ascribe to literacy, identifying practices that could have significant implications for teaching and learning."--The Journal of African American History
