Black Passports: Travel Memoirs as a Tool for Youth Empowerment

Author:   Stephanie Y. Evans
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
ISBN:  

9781438451534


Pages:   310
Publication Date:   01 June 2014
Format:   Hardback
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A resource guide that uses African American memoir to address a variety of issues related to mentoring and curriculum development.

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Author:   Stephanie Y. Evans
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.617kg
ISBN:  

9781438451534


ISBN 10:   1438451539
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   01 June 2014
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Prologue: ""Wisdom Is the Best of All Treasures"": Adolescent Development and the ABCs of Power 1. Introduction: Literary Mentoring 2. Life 3. School 4. Work 5. Exchange 6. Conclusion: Writing Your Own Freedom Papers Epilogue: Regeneration, A Song for Strong Bones Appendix A: Alphabetical List Appendix B: Passport Geography Appendix C: Passport Vocabulary Appendix D: Nenoku Poetry Notes Bibliography Index"

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"""This book provides a new and refreshing way to think about Black youth and issues of empowerment. It will be a useful tool for teachers, parents, scholars, and community organizers, leaders, and activists."" - Valerie Grim, Indiana University Bloomington"


This book provides a new and refreshing way to think about Black youth and issues of empowerment. It will be a useful tool for teachers, parents, scholars, and community organizers, leaders, and activists. - Valerie Grim, Indiana University Bloomington


Author Information

Stephanie Y. Evans is Associate Professor of African American Studies, Africana Women's Studies, and History at Clark Atlanta University. She is the author of Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850-1954: An Intellectual History and coeditor (with Colette M. Taylor, Michelle R. Dunlap, and DeMond S. Miller) of African Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education: Community Service, Service-Learning, and Community-Based Research, also published by SUNY Press.

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