Etienne, L. (2013). A Different Type of Summer Camp: SNCC, Freedom Summer, Freedom Schools, and the Development of African American Males in Mississippi.Peabody Journal of Education, 88(4), 449-463. The civil rights movement of the late 1950s and 1960s had a transformational effect on American society and on grassroots movements for social… Continue Reading A Different Type of Summer Camp: SNCC, Freedom Summer, Freedom Schools, and the Development of African American Males in Mississippi
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Combating “I Hate This Stupid Book!”: Black Males and Critical Literacy
Wood, S., & Jocius, R. (2013). Combating “I Hate This Stupid Book!”: Black Males and Critical Literacy. The Reading Teacher,66(8), 661-669. Too often, instruction designed to improve literacy achievement for black male readers and writers focuses on skill-based learning, ignoring cultural, social, and personal development. This article calls for the use… Continue Reading Combating “I Hate This Stupid Book!”: Black Males and Critical Literacy