In light of the current assaults on Black girls and misaligned instructional practices in and
outside of schools across the nation, English educators need to understand a more …

This research-based book foregrounds Black narrative traditions and honors alternative
methods of data collection, analysis, and representation. Toliver presents a semi …

Identity and literacy development are two critical processes shaping the life trajectories of
adolescents. Identity development in particular can present unique issues for Black …

Discussions of urban fiction and multicultural literature hold great potential for transforming
the practice of beginning English teachers in diverse school settings. In this article, the …

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Journal of Literacy Research, this article
reviews the trajectory of a particular line of scholarship published in this journal over the past …

ABSTRACT Background Scholarship demonstrates that Black girls' capacities to imagine
possible futures in computing are constrained by narratives of white masculinity and …

Currently, African American girls are being depicted as overly sexual, violent, or
confrontational, are judged by physical features, or are invisible across mainstream media …

The purpose of this study is to understand how Black adolescent girls make sense of and
challenge public conceptions and representations of Black girlhood today through the use of …

Method To systematically collect literature for the meta-analysis, seven academic databases
were searched to retrieve articles centering research on representations of and responses to …

Scholarly interest in the experiences of Black girls has grown significantly. Although many
scholars, activists, and artists have completed substantial scholarship and creative works …