Bibliography
Adoff, Arnold. My Black Me: A beginning book of Black poetry. New York: Puffin Books, 1995. Great resource with various poems that depict Blackness.
Gabbin, Joanne V. The furious flowering of African American poetry. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 2000.
Ginwright, Shawn A. Black in school: Afrocentric reform, urban youth, & the promise of hip-hop culture. New York: Teachers College Press, 2004.
Heard, Georgia. Poetry Lessons to Meet the Common Core State Standards. New York: Scholastic, 2013. Helpful resource filled with strategies on how to teach poetry to grades K-5.
Hughes, Langston, I too, am America, ed. Bryan Collier, and Laurent Linn. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012.
Jones, D. Marvin. Fear of a hip-hop planet: Americas new dilemma. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2013.
Keto, C. Tsehloane. An introduction to the Africa-centered perspective of history. London: Research Associates School Times Publications/Karnak House, 1994. Gives in depth information regarding the African Centered perspective.
"Preparing America's students for success." Home | Common Core State Standards Initiative. Accessed July 16, 2017. http://www.corestandards.org
Thomas, Velma Maia. No man can hinder me: the journey from slaver to emancipation through song. New York: Crown, 2001. Resourceful information regarding the transformation of song from slavery to the emancipation in America.
Watkins, William H., Victoria Chou, and James H. Lewis, eds., Race and Education: The Roles of History and Society in Educating African American Students.
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