Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction

Valerie Kinloch is the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Her books include Crossing Boundaries—Teaching and Learning with Urban Youth; Urban Literacies: Critical Perspectives on Language, Learning, and Community; and Harlem on Our Minds: Place, Race, and the Literacies of Urban Youth. Tanja Burkhard is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Carlotta Penn is director of community partnerships at The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology.

“This volume powerfully and convincingly centers arguments on the significance of antiracist teacher preparation, culturally responsive pedagogy, the power of engaging youth in their own learning, and the necessity of community activism.”- From the Foreword by Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Teachers College, Columbia University

• ContentsForeword Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz ixAcknowledgments xiiiRace, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction: An Introduction 1Valerie Kinloch, Tanja Burkhard, and Carlotta PennPart I Overview 11Carlotta Penn1. Generations of Fugitive Literacy Teacher Education and Activism 13Leigh Patel2. “What Happens Here Can Change the World”: Preparing Literacy Teachers in the Digital Age 23Detra Price-Dennis3. Students Developing Critical Language and Literacy Perspectives 35Ijeoma E. Ononuju, BernNadette T. Best-Green, and Danny C. Martinez4. Rethinking Curriculum and Pedagogy in Schools: Critical Literacies and Epistemologies in Theory and Practice 53Limarys Caraballo and Lindsey Lichtenberger5. Arlene’s Actionist Work: A Case Study of Writing and Self-Activism 71Maneka D. Brooks and Arlene M. Alvarado6. Pardon This Disruption: Cultivating Revolutionary Civics Through World Humanities 91Tamara Butler, Jenell Igeleke Penn, and Johnny MerryPoetic Musings: Remembering Our Black Youth/Our Black Lives 107Carlotta Penn, Valerie Kinloch, and Tanja BurkhardPart II Overview 109Tanja Burkhard7. One Love, One Heart 111Donja Thomas8. The Politics of Ratchetness: Exploring Race, Literacies, and Social Justice with Black Youth 131Jamila Lyiscott9. A Black Lives Matter and Critical Race Theory–Informed Critique of Code-Switching Pedagogy 147Sina Saeedi and Elaine Richardson10. Multiliteracies Toward Justice in Literacy Teaching and Research 163Vaughn W. M. Watson, Matthew R. Deroo, and Erik Skogsberg11. Braiding Stories Toward a Common Cause: Coalitional Inquiry as Activism 181María Paula Ghiso, Gerald Campano, Grace Player, Brenda Krishanwongso, and Frianna GultomPoetic Musings: Where Do We Go from Here? 201Tanja Burkhard, Carlotta Penn, and Valerie KinlochNot a Conclusion: Keeping Focused on Race, Justice, and Activism in Literacy Instruction 203Valerie KinlochAbout the Editors and the Contributors 205Index 207