Maisha T. Fisher is Assistant Professor in language, literacy, and culture in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University.

"Black Literate Lives offers a critical examination of black literary traditions that skillfully counters stereotypes about the values African Americans ascribe to literacy, identifying practices that could have significant implications for teaching and learning."--The Journal of African American History

• Foreword by Vanessa Siddle WalkerAn introduction: Not yet freeChapter One: Toward a theory of black literate livesChapter Two: "I don’t want us to forget the fire": The literacy activism of Gwendolyn BrooksChapter Three: Agitating, Educating, and Organizing: The making of revolutionary literaciesChapter Four: "The song is unfinished": Soldiering in participatory literacy communitiesChapter Five: Catching the Fire: Black teachers as literacy activists in urban public schoolsAppendix A: Notes on MethodologyAppendix B: "The 15 Demands of the African American Students' Association" as printed in Black News on December 1, 1969, Volume 1, Number 5Appendix C: The Assata Shakur Project for Spoken Word/Multicultural Literature

Maisha T. Fisher is Assistant Professor in language, literacy, and culture in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University.

"Black Literate Lives offers a critical examination of black literary traditions that skillfully counters stereotypes about the values African Americans ascribe to literacy, identifying practices that could have significant implications for teaching and learning."--The Journal of African American History

• Foreword by Vanessa Siddle WalkerAn introduction: Not yet freeChapter One: Toward a theory of black literate livesChapter Two: "I don’t want us to forget the fire": The literacy activism of Gwendolyn BrooksChapter Three: Agitating, Educating, and Organizing: The making of revolutionary literaciesChapter Four: "The song is unfinished": Soldiering in participatory literacy communitiesChapter Five: Catching the Fire: Black teachers as literacy activists in urban public schoolsAppendix A: Notes on MethodologyAppendix B: "The 15 Demands of the African American Students' Association" as printed in Black News on December 1, 1969, Volume 1, Number 5Appendix C: The Assata Shakur Project for Spoken Word/Multicultural Literature

Maisha T. Fisher is Assistant Professor in language, literacy, and culture in the Division of Educational Studies at Emory University.

"Black Literate Lives offers a critical examination of black literary traditions that skillfully counters stereotypes about the values African Americans ascribe to literacy, identifying practices that could have significant implications for teaching and learning."--The Journal of African American History

• Foreword by Vanessa Siddle WalkerAn introduction: Not yet freeChapter One: Toward a theory of black literate livesChapter Two: "I don’t want us to forget the fire": The literacy activism of Gwendolyn BrooksChapter Three: Agitating, Educating, and Organizing: The making of revolutionary literaciesChapter Four: "The song is unfinished": Soldiering in participatory literacy communitiesChapter Five: Catching the Fire: Black teachers as literacy activists in urban public schoolsAppendix A: Notes on MethodologyAppendix B: "The 15 Demands of the African American Students' Association" as printed in Black News on December 1, 1969, Volume 1, Number 5Appendix C: The Assata Shakur Project for Spoken Word/Multicultural Literature