Description

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This groundbreaking book uncovers how anti-Black racism has informed and perpetuated anti-literacy laws, policies, and customs from the colonial period to the present day. This text is essential for scholars, students, and policymakers in literacy education, reading research, history of education, and social justice education.

About the Author

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Arlette Ingram Willis is Professor of Language and Literacy in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.