Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-165) and index.
An introduction: not yet free -- Toward a theory of black literate lives -- "I don't want us to forget the fire": the literacy activism of Gwendolyn Brooks -- Agitating, educating, and organizing: the making of revolutionary literacies -- "The song is unfinished": soldiering in participatory literacy communities -- Catching the fire: black teachers as literacy activists in urban public schools -- Appendixes: A. Notes on methodology -- B. "The 15 demands of the African American Students' Association" as printed in Black News on December 1, 1969, volume 1, number 5 -- C. The Assata Shakur project for spoken word/multicultural literature