There are two ways to use and read this site.  First, the site collects research and theory related to classrooms, African American language/ histories, and education.  This research is meant as the foundation for the courses that are taught here--- not simply the content of these courses, but the purposes and formats of these classes.  Second, the site archives young scholars' interpretations and collections of central, critical sites of knowledge production in the shaping of black vernacular cultures today.  To see how young scholars are introduced to the courses on the site, see the section called: "Put Some Stank on It."

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Purposes and Formats

Sites of Knowledge production

For a fuller understanding of the ways in which African American language and literacies informs classrooms, pedagogies, and educational research, please follow the GC/CUNY students' pages created here:

• African American Literacies
• "True to the Language Game"
• Hip Hop and Literacy
• Spoken Soul/African American Language
• "Black Girls Dangerous"
• "Black Queers & the Politics of Literacy"
• Literacy & Black Masculinities
• Digital Academics & Digital Literacies

To see the kinds of courses college students are taking in relation to this website, see any of the materials listed here:

• Syllabus and course materials related to: "Word is Bond: African American Language and Peformance" 
• Digital archive projects related to contemporary black albums/musical performances

Stay tuned to this page when undergraduates' archives will be featured. . .