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2018
Volume 115, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0013-8274
  • E-ISSN: 2161-8895

Abstract

In this article, two researcher-educators assert that Black Language should be valued in the English language arts and reading classroom and provide four examples of novels (as well as corresponding activities) that can be taught in the classroom and that demonstrate authentic Black Language.

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