Literacy and Racial Justice
Subtitle: The Politics of Learning after Brown v. Board of Education
Contributors: Gloria Ladson-Billings (Foreword)
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: Southern Illinois University; Southern Illinois University Press
Published: September 24, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780809325252
Subjects: Literacy; Multicultural studies; Organization & management of education; Teaching of a specific subject; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Educational Policy & Reform; Law; Discrimination in education; Language Arts & Disciplines; Education / Teaching; Multicultural Education; Language; USA; Discrimination & Racism; Social Science / Discrimination & Race Relations; United States; Civil Rights; African Americans; Education
First sentence: "They can't take race out of this case," Thurgood Marshall argued before the Supreme Court of the United States of America in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) nearly fifty years ago.
Description: In anticipation of the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, Catherine Prendergast draws on a combination of insights from legal studies and literacy studies to interrogate contemporary multicultural literacy initiatives, thus providing a sound historical basis that informs current debates over affirmative action, school vouchers, reparations, and high-stakes standardized testing.