Strong Black girls : reclaiming schools in their own image / edited by Danielle Apugo, Lynnette Mawhinney, Afiya Mbilishaka ; foreword by Adrienne Dixson.
Out of the box: countering the silence of Black girls with memory work / Asia Thomas -- The struggle for Black girl voice: a story of three generations / Autumn A. Griffin -- Colors outside the lines: recollections and reflections on Black girlhood / Nefetaria Yates -- Telling and re-telling: Black girls' stories together / Brittney Miles and Ololade Akinboyede -- Curls, coils, and codes: an examination of Black girls' hair as a form of expression and resistance / Cierra Kaler-Jones -- I am to be sexual, not sexualized: a call to end the cumming-of-age miseducation of Black girls in schools / Taylor M. Tucker -- The trouble with Black Girl Magic for Black girls / Valerie N. Adams-Bass and Keisha L. Bentley Edwards -- Black girl magic is a glorious gift / Helena Donato Sapp -- Conclusion-an offering: toward build the foundation of liberatory education / Danielle Apugo, Lynnette Mawhinney, and Afiya Mbilishaka.
Summary:
"Strong Black Girls lays bare the harm Black women and girls are expected to overcome in order to receive an education in America. It captures the routinely muffled voices and experiences of these students through storytelling, essays, letters, and poetry. The authors make clear that the strength of Black women and girls should not merely be defined as the ability to survive racism, abuse, and violence. Readers will also see resistance and resilience emerge through the central themes that shape these reflective, coming-of-age narratives. Each chapter is punctuated by discussion questions that extend the conversation around the everyday realities of navigating K-12 schools, such as sexuality, intergenerational influence, self-love, anger, leadership, aesthetic trauma (hair and body image), erasure, rejection, and unfiltered Black girlhood. Strong Black Girls is essential reading for everyone tasked with teaching, mentoring, programming, and policymaking for Black females in all public institutions. Book Features: ·A spotlight on the invisible barriers impacting Black girls' educational trajectories. ·A survey of the intersectional notions of strength and Black femininity within the context of K-12 schooling. ·Narrative therapy through unpacking system stories of oppression and triumph. ·Insights for building skills and tools to make substantial and lasting change in schools"-- Provided by publisher.
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