Young, Triumphant, and Black: Overcoming the Tyranny of Segregated Minds in Desegregated Schools
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Young, Triumphant, and Black: Overcoming the Tyranny of Segregated Minds in Desegregated Schools
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| ISBN-13: | 9781618210296 |
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| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Publication date: | 05/01/2013 |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 370 |
| Product dimensions: | 7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 1.10(d) |
About the Author
Deborah A. Harmon, Ph.D., is a professor of curriculum and instruction in the Department of Teacher Education at Eastern Michigan University. She is also the director of the Office of Urban Education and Educational Equity in the College of Education at Eastern Michigan University. Dr. Harmon earned her doctor of philosophy degree in educational leadership and human resource development (1999) with a specialization in multicultural education, urban education, and gifted education and a bachelor of science degree in psychology and child development (1975) from Colorado. She is creator of the Minority Achievement, Retention and Success (MARS) program model and the Developing Resiliency and Education Achievement in Minority Students program. Dr. Harmon conducts research primarily in multicultural/urban education and gifted education. Specifically, her work focuses on: (a) recruiting and retaining culturally diverse students in gifted education and teacher education; (b) multicultural and urban education; (c) reducing the achievement gap; and (d) teacher preparation for urban education. She consults with school districts and educational and legal organizations in the areas of multicultural/urban education, reducing the achievement gap, and gifted education.
Dr. Harmon has authored and coauthored chapters and books including Elementary Education: A Reference Book (2005), "The Underachievement of African American Males in K-12 Education" in The State of African American Males in Michigan: A Courageous Conversation Monograph (2010), and "The Underachievement of African American Females in K-12 Education" in Nurturing Our Future as African American Females: A Courageous Conversation (in press).
Table of Contents
Foreword Thomas P. Hébert ix
Chapter 1 Introduction Tarek C. Grantham Michelle Frazier Trotman Scott Deborah A. Harmon 1
Section I Access Delayed or Denied
Chapter 2 Educational Malpractice in Gifted and Fine Arts Programs Erinn Fears Floyd 13
Chapter 3 Finally Gifted Jaimon Jones 21
Chapter 4 "I Keep On Knocking, But They Won't Let Me In": Personal and Professional Insights on Access to Advanced Programs Valija C. Rose 29
Section II Black Males Overcoming
Chapter 5 E-Motivating Malcolm: Academic Achievement via Electronic Media Gilman W. Whiting 39
Chapter 6 Segregated at the Gateway to Higher Education: Alex Before and After High School Angie C. Roberts-Dixon 53
Chapter 7 Ain't That Peculiar: Gifted, Black, and Male Overcoming the Fourth Grade Failure Syndrome Samuel J. Maddox 63
Chapter 8 From Nothing to Something Christopher Oliver Johnson 69
Chapter 9 Two Gifted African American Brothers Achieving in Spite of the Odds Dwan V. Robinson James L. Moore Renae D. Mayes 79
Section III Resilient Black Females
Chapter 10 Age Ain't Nuthin' But a Number Ain A. Grooms 87
Chapter 11 To Be Gifted, Black, and Pregnant in High School and College Candice Norris-Brown Tarek C. Grantham 97
Chapter 12 "Black and Ivy": Becoming the Model Minority Shani Harmon 105
Chapter 13 Giftedness and Black Girlhood Delila Owens SaDohl K. Goldsmith Rhonda M. Bryant Patrice S. Bounds 113
Section IV Negotiating Multiple Identities: Ability, Race, Class, and Place
Chapter 14 On Growing Up Black, Rural, and (Un)Gifted Sheneka M. Williams 121
Chapter 15 Finding My Identity in a Gifted Magnet Middle School Dawn L. Curry 129
Chapter 16 Finding and Redefining Ghanaian Identity as a Gifted African in America Beryl Ann Otumfuor 139
Chapter 17 Becoming Comfortable With Myself, by Myself Kiesa Ayana Harmon 145
Section V Gifted Black Students in College
Chapter 18 "Being an Only": The Experiences of a Gifted African American Student in an Elite Scholarship Program Jocelyn D. Taliaferro Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby 157
Chapter 19 Jumping Hurdles, Beating the Odds Karen Harris Brown 165
Chapter 20 Gifted Black Male Athletes' Intercollegiate Experiences Negate the Dumb Black Jock Stereotype Billy Hawkins Joseph N. Cooper 175
Section VI Village Perspectives on Gifted Black Children
Chapter 21 Knowing But Not Knowing: Living With a High-Ability Child Toni Jones 189
Chapter 22 The Power and Penalty of Ensuring Educational Access and Resources for One's Own Children: A Mad Mom's Memoir Robin Vann Lynch 199
Chapter 23 My Child Left Behind Samantha Elliot Briggs Ursula Thomas 213
Chapter 24 Knowledge Denied: An Information Divide Kristina Henry Collins 225
Chapter 25 Parenting Gifted Siblings Sonja L. Fox 235
Chapter 26 She's Been Here Before Sabreen U. Jai 257
Section VII Gifted Black Students' Perspectives on the Village
Chapter 27 Go 'Head Baby, Let the Lord Use You Shawn Adams 267
Chapter 28 Knowing Everything But "One": A Narrative of an Academically Gifted African American Male Fred A. Bonner Petra A. Robinson Dave A. Louis David A. Byrd Shailen Singh 275
Chapter 29 Conversations With Dad Bantu D. Gross 287
Chapter 30 Young, Gifted, and African American in Iowa Asabi Dean 299
Section VIII Pathways Uplifting Giftedness in Blacks
Chapter 31 The Impact of a Single "Test": Thriving as a Black Gifted Female From a Single-Parent Family Cheryl Fields-Smith Cherranda Smith 313
Chapter 32 Put a Little Paint Where It Ain't: The Unwelcomed Infusion of Hip-Hop in Schools J. Sean Callahan 323
Chapter 33 "Back in the Day, Man, I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me Like It Really Is": Liberatory Education for Gifted African Americans Eric M. Bridges 333
Afterword Donna Y. Ford 341
About the Editors 345
About the Authors 349