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Through research data and conversations among teachers, readers will explore the impact that trauma has on the lives of African American students, examine how their own identities and perceptions of these students influence their text selections and instruction, and identify the conditions that need to be present to engage African American male students in literacy.

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"""Moving beyond basic notions of culturally relevant instruction, ""A Walk in Their Kicks: offers new understandings that will assist educators in developing instruction that respects these young men and fosters their participation and success."" --The Education Shelf ""a powerful book sure to open the eyes and hearts of many teachers. Johnson has lived the complex experience of an academically and musically gifted young African American boy who wanted to learn and excel, but also wanted to be part of his community. His willingness to open up his identities to readers, to expose the struggles of dual consciousness he experienced and the sense of loss that a 'subtractive education' can leave in a child, is a window into the psyches and the souls of Black boys across multiple U.S. education contexts."" --SirReadaLot Review of Books"

a powerful book sure to open the eyes and hearts of many teachers. Johnson has lived the complex experience of an academically and musically gifted young African American boy who wanted to learn and excel, but also wanted to be part of his community. His willingness to open up his identities to readers, to expose the struggles of dual consciousness he experienced and the sense of loss that a 'subtractive education' can leave in a child, is a window into the psyches and the souls of Black boys across multiple U.S. education contexts. --SirReadaLot Review of Books

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Aaron M. Johnson is an associate superintendent of instructional services and organizational leadership for Farmington Public Schools in Michigan and adjunct lecturer of reading, language, and literature at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.

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