Foreword / Cynthia B. Dillard ; Introduction: Establishing a Context for Centering Black Women and Girls in Education -- Part One: Mattering For Black Women And Girls In Schooling Contexts. Mid-Twerk and Mid-Laugh / Ruth Nicole Brown and Aria S. Halliday ; Black Girls Literacies Framework / Gholnecsar E. Muhammad ; Institutionalized Efforts to Increase the Participation of Black Women and Girls in STEM / Nicole M. Joseph ; Resistance, Silence, and Armoring: Black Girls' Navigation of the Intersections of Schools, Emotions, and Emotional Literacy / Charlotte E. Jacobs -- Part Two: Naming and Challenging the Violence and Criminalization of Black Women and Girl. The Miseducation of Our Sisters / Erin S. Corbett ; Unprotected and Left for Dead: Educational Policy and the "Nobodyness" of Black Girls Disciplined Through Suspension and School-Related Arrests / Venus E. Evans-Winters and Dorothy E. Hines ; "Staying Out the Way": Connecting Black Girls' Experiences With School Discipline to Collegiate Experiences / Tiffany L. Steele ; Visible and Valuable : (Re)imagining Title IX's Interpretations to Create Hostile-Free Racially Gendered Educational Environments for Blackgirls and Blackwomyn / LaWanda W.M. Ward, Ayana T. Hardaway, and Nadrea R. Njoku -- Part Three: Navigating Politics and the Politicization of Black Women and Girls in Higher Education. Black Women Undergraduates' Reflections on the Pathway to College: Naming and Challenging Structural Disinvestments / Lori D. Patton, Keeley Copridge, and Sacha Sharp ; Kinks, Curls, and Braids: Untangling the Hidden Hair Politics of Undergraduate Black Women Student Leaders at Historically Black Colleges and Universities / Jamila L. Lee-Johnson ; Black Undergraduate Women Navigating (Mis)Representation, Strength, and Strategies: An Analysis of Influences on Their Mental Wellness / Janice A. Byrd and Christa J. Porter ; Black Women's Transitions and Education at (My) Intersections of Race, Dis/Ability, and Ableism / Mercedes Adell Cannon ; The Mistress and the Master's House: Revisiting Lorde's Speech to the New York University Institute for the Humanities / Mildred Boveda -- Part Four: Still We Rise: Black Women and Girls Lifting and Loving Black Women and Girls. Paradigm Shifting for Black Girls: Toward a Futures Matter Stance / Maisha T. Winn ; Toward a Politicized Ethic of Care About Black Women and Girls in Education / Monique Lane ; Still Retaining Each Other: Black Women Building Community Through Social Media and Other Digital Platforms / Tykeia Robinson and Brittany Williams ; My Sister's Keeper: Intergenerational Love and Commitment Between Black Women and Girls / Toby S. Jenkins and Vivian Anderson.
Summary:
"The purpose of this book is to illuminate scholarship on Black women and girls throughout the educational pipeline. The contributors--all Black women educators, scholars, and advocates--name the challenges Black women and girls face while pursuing their education as well as offer implications and recommendations for practitioners, policymakers, teachers, and administrators to consider in ensuring the success of Black women and girls"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.