Fostering Black Girls' Critical Consciousness Through Historically Responsive Literacy

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session One
  In Roundtable Session: Centering Race and Identity in Writing and Literacies (Table 9)

Abstract

Using Muhammad’s (2022) historically responsive literacy framework and Watts & Hipolito-Delgado’s delineation of critical consciousness (2015), I illustrate how Black girls enact their critical and political literacies within the context of a literary collaborative aimed at developing youth critical consciousness and understanding what sociopolitical issues and ideas Black girls found to be most salient in their lives. By providing an overview of one civically active Black girl’s perceptions of “learning history” in school, my goal is to illuminate how young people also want more from their education, and in seeking out “truth”, are reaching for the tools and knowledge necessary to make meaningful connections between their education and their lives.

Author

• Sabrina J. Curtis, The George Washington University
  Presenting Author