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Gnanadass, Edith; Merriweather, Lisa R. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2020
In this article, the authors challenge the ongoing dehumanization of people of color by arguing for the use of Black texts as core readings in courses on adult learning rather than as add-ons or "special topics."
Descriptors: Humanization, Racial Bias, African American Literature, Inclusion
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Fisher, Maisha – Research in the Teaching of English, 2007
This article examines the role of intergenerational relationships in the lives of experienced poets and writers ("soldiers") and emerging poets and writers in what the author terms Participatory Literacy Communities (PLCs). Drawing from Wenger's (1998) concept of communities of practice, the author uses data from two examples of PLCs--Black…
Descriptors: Popular Culture, Poets, Poetry, Intergenerational Programs