Overview

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.

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Author:   Danielle Apugo ,  Lynnette Mawhinney ,  Afiya Mbilishaka ,  Adrienne Dixson
Publisher:   Teachers' College Press
Imprint:   Teachers' College Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.90cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.209kg
ISBN:  

9780807764527

ISBN 10:   0807764523
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   11 December 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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Table of Contents

Contents (Tentative) Foreword v Adrienne Dixson Acknowledgments vii Introduction 1 Danielle Apugo, Lynnette Mawhinney, and Afiya Mbilishaka PART I: Re(voicing) of Silence in Schools 1. Out of the Box: Countering the Silence of Black Girls With Memory-Work 9 Asia Thomas 2. The Struggle for Black Girl Voice: A Story of Three Generations 20 Autumn A. Griffin 3. Colors Outside the Lines: Recollections and Reflections on Black Girlhood 32 Nefetaria Yates 4.  Telling and Re-Telling: Black Girls’ Stories Together 52 Brittney Miles and Ololade Akinboyede PART II: Black Feminine Bodies in School 5. Curls, Coils, and Codes: An Examination of Black Girls Hair as a Form of Expression and Resistance 61 Cierra Kaler-Jones 6. 79 Taylor M. Tucker PART III: Embracing and Complicating #blackgirlmagic 7. The Trouble With Black Girl Magic for Black Girls 99 Valerie N. Adams-Bass and Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards 8.Black Girl Magic Is a Glorious Gift 118 Helena Donato-Sapp Conclusion. An Offering: Toward Building the Foundation of Liberatory Education 122 Danielle Apugo, Lynnette Mawhinney, and Afiya Mbilishaka About the Contributors 124 Index 128

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Danielle Apugo is an assistant professor and visiting faculty scholar at Virginia Commonwealth University. Lynnette Mawhinney is associate professor and chair of the Department of Urban Education at Rutgers University-Newark. Afiya Mbilishaka an assistant professor of clinical psychology at the University of the District of Columbia.

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