College Composition and Communication Jun 2002

“To Protect and Serve”: African American Female Literacies

Elaine Richardson

Abstract

This chapter seeks to add to our understanding of literacy as it relates to African Americans, with a focus on African American female literacies. Primarily, I argue that mother tongue literacy is central to literacy education.

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College Composition and Communication
Published
2002-06-01
DOI
10.58680/ccc20021468
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literacy studies race and writing
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  1. Byrd (2019)
    Between Learning and Opportunity: A Study of African American Coders’ Networks …
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