Table of Contents
Acknowledgments 5
Foreword Bettina L. Love 6
Introduction: Restoring Equity and Excellence to Today's Classrooms 8
Part 1 Drawing From History to Reimagine Literacy Education 16
Chapter 1 How 19th-century Black Literary Societies Can Elevate Today's Literacy Learning 18
Chapter 2 What Is Historically Responsive Literacy? 38
Part 2 Teaching and Learning With the Four-Layered HRL Framework 62
Chapter 3 Toward the Pursuit of Identity 64
Chapter 4 Toward the Pursuit of Skills 82
Chapter 5 Toward the Pursuit of Intellect 100
Chapter 6 Toward the Pursuit of Criticality 116
Part 3 Implementing Historically Responsive Texts and Lesson Plans 134
Chapter 7 Selecting Historically Responsive Texts 136
Chapter 8 Using Historically Responsive Lesson Plans 156
Afterword Maisha T. Winn 170
References 172
Index 174