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Title Investing in the educational success of Black women and girls / edited by Lori D. Patton, Venus E. Evans-Winters, and Charlotte E. Jacobs ; foreword by Cynthia B. Dillard
Edition First edition
Published Sterling, Virginia : Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2022
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Contents 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 -- 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 environments for Blackgirls and Blackwomyn / LaWanda W.M. Ward, Ayana T. Hardaway, and Nadrea R. Njoku -- 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 New York University Institute for the Humanities / Mildred Boveda -- 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 04, 2022)
Subject African American women -- Education -- Social aspects
African American girls -- Education -- Social aspects
Academic achievement -- United States
Education and state -- United States
Discrimination in education -- United States
Academic achievement
African American women -- Education -- Social aspects
Discrimination in education
Education and state
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Patton, Lori D., editor.
Evans-Williams, Venus E., editor.
Jacobs, Charlotte E., editor.
LC no. 2021045674
ISBN 9781620367995
1620367998
9781620367988
162036798X
9781620367964
1620367963