Explores developmental and adult literacy in African American communities from cross-disciplinary vantage points; focuses on influences of cultural socialization and literacy values and practices among many African Americans.
"State-of-the-art research from a viewpoint not yet seen in the literature....Provides much needed empirical data, from the perspectives of linguists, speech-language pathologists, anthropologists, psychologists, and educators, addressing various issues surrounding literacy in African American communities across the human life span."—Sharon E. MossAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association"An urgent and important topic....The experts assembled are a good mixture of practitioners and researchers in literacy and related disciplines."—Violet J. HarrisUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
