Teaching Black Lives in College When Black Lives Didn’t Matter that Much K through 12

This article explores complexities in teaching Black-authored material (especially Hip Hop lyricism) in premominantly non-Black college composition courses. It uses Barbara Smith's (1978) "Toward a Black Feminist Criticism" as a lens through which to define and examine those complexi...

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Main Author: Sarah Trembath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2020-03-01
Series:Radical Teacher
Online Access:http://radicalteacher.library.pitt.edu/ojs/radicalteacher/article/view/663
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