num_pages: 192
description: A groundbreaking and visionary call to action on educating and supporting girls of color from the highly acclaimed author of PushoutMonique Morris is a personal shero of mine and a respected expert in this space.Ayanna Pressley U.S. congresswoman and the first woman of color elected to Boston's city councilWise Black women have known for centuries that the blues have been a platform for truth-telling an underground musical railroad to survival and an essential form of resistance healing and learning. In her highly anticipated follow-up to the widely acclaimed Pushout on the criminalization of black girls in schools Monique W. Morris invokes the spirit of the blues to articulate a radically healing and empowering pedagogy for Black and Brown girls.A passionate manifesto that builds naturally on her previous book Sing a Rhythm Dance a Blues reimagines what education might look like if schools placed the flourishing of Black and Brown girls at their center. Grounding each chapter in interviews case studies and testimonies of educators who work successfully with girls of color Morris blends research with real life to offer a radiant manifesto on moving away from punishment trauma and discrimination toward safety justice and genuine community in our schools.In the tradition of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood and Other Peoples Children Morriss new book is a clarion callfor educators parents students and anyone who has a stake in a better tomorrowto transform schools into places where learning and collective healing can flourish.
language: English
title: Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls
publisher: The New Press