1st Edition
Transformational Sanctuaries in the Middle Level ELA Classroom Creating Truth Spaces for Black Girls
Preface. Wanted: Educator Activists Seeking Transformation
Chapter One. Demanding Truth Spaces: Tell Me How I Stay Positive When They Never See the Good in Me
Chapter Two. Gems of Truth: Research Partners as Love Advocates
Chapter Three. Fake Love: The Truth Behind the Caring Myth
Chapter Four. Stepping Behind the Veil: A Methodology for Crafting a Loving Sanctuary
Chapter Five. Poetic Justice: Truth Revealed in Verse
Chapter Six. You Can’t Heal What You Don’t Reveal: Ethnopoetics as Truth, Resilience, and Resistance
Chapter Seven. "Quiet as It’s Kept": Teachers as Truth Warriors Moving Forward with Urgency
Appendix
Biography
Dywanna E. Smith is Assistant Professor of Education at Claflin University, where she serves as Middle Level Education Program Coordinator and Interim Assessment Coordinator.
