Anti-Black Literacy Laws and Policies Taylor & Francis Ltd

This groundbreaking book uncovers how anti-Black racism has informed and perpetuated anti-literacy laws, policies, and customs from the colonial period to the present day. A counternarrative of the history of Black literacy in the United States, the bookarsquo,s historical lens reveals the interlocking political and social structures that have repeatedly failed to support equity in literacy for Black students.A definitive history of the instructional and legal structures that have harmed generat...