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Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books about Boysby Black Books Galore!; Donna Rand; Toni Trent Parker
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2002; US$ 15.95A Treasury of Hundreds of Books that Help Boys Grow and Flourish "Images-strong, proud and happy, brave, and now also humorous . . . what a joy it is to see black faces of all shades in our children's books."-Doug E. Doug, Actor, The Bill Cosby Show "As a child . . . I wish there had been more books that reflected my world and my interests."-Earl G. Graves, Chairman, Publisher, and CEO, Black Enterprise magazine How do you know which books are the best for boys at every age? Now, two of the mothers who founded the esteemed Black Books Galore!-the nation's leading organizer of African American children's book festivals-and the authors of the highly acclaimed Black Books Galore! Guide to Great African American Children's Books, share their... more...
Making School Countby Karen Manheim Teel; Andrea Debruin-Parecki
RoutledgeFalmer 2000; US$ 57.50Making School Count reports on four years of classroom research in which alternative teaching strategies, designed to motivate under-achieving inner-city, African-American middle school students were used and evaluated. The book offers insights into the discrepancy between students' academic dreams (their high performance aspirations) and the realities of their classroom performance. more...
Acting Blackby Sarah Susannah Willie
Routledge 2003; US$ 47.95Explores what it is like to be black on campus though the experiences of black students at both predominantly white and predominantly black universities, within a timeline of black education in America and a review of university policy. more...
The Shame of the Nationby Jonathan Kozol
Crown 2005; US$ 13.99“The nation needs to be confronted with the crime that we’re committing and the promises we are betraying. This is a book about betrayal of the young, who have no power to defend themselves. It is not intended to make readers comfortable.” Over the past several years, Jonathan Kozol has visited nearly 60 public schools. Virtually everywhere, he finds that conditions have grown worse for inner-city children in the 15 years since federal courts began dismantling the landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education. First, a state of nearly absolute apartheid now prevails in thousands of our schools. The segregation of black children has reverted to a level that the nation has not seen since 1968. Few of the students in these... more...
Ebonicsby David Ramirez; Terrence G. Wiley; Gerda de Klerk
Multilingual Matters 2005; US$ 44.95This collection of papers, comments, and documents traces the distant and recent history of the Ebonics debate in the USA. The book examines how, despite increasing access to public education over the past century, schools continue to impose language standards and expectations on children that methodically privileges some, while disadvantaging others. more...
Educating Our Black Childrenby Richard Majors
Taylor & Francis 2001; US$ 45.95Exclusion and expulsion of black children from schools is endemic in the US and UK. This book takes a long, hard look at the two countries and uncovers what they can learn from each other about approaching this problem. more...
Black Educationby Joyce E. King
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2005; US$ 41.95This volume presents the findings and recommendations of the Commission on Research in Black Education and offers new directions for research and practice. It demonstrates a transformative role for research and a positive role for culture in learning, in the academy, and in community and cross national contexts. more...
Historically Black Colleges and Universitiesby Cynthia L. Jackson
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 45.00Historically black colleges and universities have influenced African American lives since 1837. This work provides a past and present look at their role in higher education, addressing why these institutions exist, how effective they've been, and if they are still necessary. more...
Overcoming the Oddsby Freeman A. Hrabowski; Kenneth I. Maton; Monica L. Greene; Geoffrey L. Greif
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 25.95Despite many obstacles, some African-American women are performing at exceptional levels academically. This interview-based book provides information about how and why they have succeeded - what motivates these women and how their backgrounds and family relationships have shaped them. more...
Black Collegesby M. Brown
Greenwood Publishing Group 2004; US$ 103.00In this collection of studies of historically black colleges and universities, Brown (director, Frederick Patterson Research Institute of the United Negro College Fund) and Freeman (education, Dillard U.) seek to rectify the omission of those institutions from higher education research. The studies analyze the relevance of black colleges for black more...









