Related Research

Books and Reports

Agosto, D.E., & Hughes-Hassell, S. (Eds.) (2010). Urban Teens in the Library: Research and Practice. Chicago, IL: American Library Association.

Brozo, W. (2002). To be a boy, to be a reader: Engaging teen and preteen boys in active literacy. Delaware: International Reading Association.

Council of Great City Schools (2010). A call for change: The social and educational factors contributing to the outcomes of black males in urban schools. Washington, DC: Council of Great City Schools.

Dixson, A. and Rousseau, C. (2006). All God’s Children Got a Song. New York: Routledge.

Edwards, P., McMillon, G. and Turner, J. (2010). Change is gonna come: Transforming literacy education for African American students. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Hughes-Hassell, S., & Agosto, D.E. (2006). “Modeling the Everyday Life Information Needs of Urban Teenagers.” In M. K. Chelton & C. Cool (Eds.) Youth Information-Seeking Behavior: Theories, Models, and Issues.  Scarecrow Press, pp. 27-62.

McNair, J. and Brooks, W. (Eds.) (2008). Embracing, evaluating, and examining African American children’s and young adult literature. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press.

Morrell, E. (2008). Rebel Musics: African Diaspora Popular Culture and Critical Literacies. In C. Payne and C. Strickland (Eds.) Teach Freedom: The African American Tradition of Education for Liberation. New York: Teachers College Press.

Morrell, E., and Duncan-Andrade, J. (2008). Comin’ from the School of Hard Knocks: Hip-hop and the Revolution of English Classrooms in City Schools. In B. Ayres, G. Ladson-Billings, P. Noguera, and G. Mitchie (Eds.) City Kids, City Teachers II. New York: New Press (Adapted and revised from 2002 English Journal piece)

Morrell, E. (2007). Critical Literacy and Urban Youth: Pedagogies of Access, Dissent, and Liberation. New York: Routledge [Foreword by Sonia Nieto]

Morrell, E. (2004). Linking Literacy and Popular Culture: Finding Connections for Lifelong Learning. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon.

Morrell, E., & Duncan-Andrade, J. (2004) What Youth Do Learn in School: Using Hip-Hop as a Bridge to Canonical Poetry. In J. Mahiri (Ed.), What They Don’t Learn in School: Literacy in the Lives of Urban Youth. New York: Peter Lang, 247-268.

Payne, C. and Strickland, C. (Eds.) (2008). Teach Freedom: The African American Tradition of Education for Liberation. New York: Teachers College Press.

Tatum, A. W. (2011). Diversity and literacy. In. J. Samuels & A. Farstrup (Eds.), What research has to say about reading instruction(pp.425-447) Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

Tatum, A.W. (2009). Reading for Their Life: (Re) Building the Textual Lineages of African American Adolescent Males. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Tatum, A. W. (2008). African American Males at Risk: A Researcher’s Study of Endangered Males and Literature that Works. In S. Lehr (Ed.), Shattering the looking glass:Issues, Controversy, and Trends in Children’s Literature (pp. 137-153). Norwood, MA: Christopher Gordon Publishers.

Tatum, A. W. (2007) Literacy Development of African American Males. In A. Berger, L. Rush, & J. Eakle (Eds.), Secondary School Reading and Writing: What Research Reveals. Urbana, IL: NCTE.

Tatum, A. W. (2007). Building the Textual Lineages of African American Male Adolescents. In K. Beers, R. Probst, & L. Rief (Eds.), Adolescent Literacy, (pp. 81-85). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

Tatum, A.W. (2005). Teaching reading to black adolescent males: Closing the achievement gap. Portland, ME: Stenhouse.

Tatum, B.  (2003). Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?: and other conversations about race. New York: BasicBooks.

Journal Articles

Boone, J., Rawson, C., & Vance, K. (2010). Getting it right: Building a bridge to literacy for adolescent African American males. School Library Monthly, 27(2), 34-37.

Duncan-Andrade, J. and Morrell, E. (2005). Turn Up That Radio, Teacher: Popular Cultural Pedagogy in New Century Urban Schools. Journal of School Leadership, 15, 284-308.

Gangi, J. M. (2008). The unbearable whiteness of literacy instruction: Realizing the implications of the proficient reader research. MultiCultural Review, 17(2), 30-35.

Gangi, J. M. (2007). Multicultural books for early childhood educators. Montessori Life, 19(1), 97-101.

Gangi, J. M., & Ferguson, A. (2006). African American literature: Books to stoke dreams. The Tennessee Reading Teacher, 34(2), 29-38. T

Hughes-Hassell, S., Koehler, E., & Barkley, H.A. (2010). “Supporting the literacy needs of African American Transitional Readers.” Teacher Librarian, 37(5):18-24.

Hughes-Hassell, S.; Rawson, C. H.; McCracken, L.; Leonard, M. G.; Cunningham, H.; Vance, K. J.; Boone, J. (2012). Librarians Form a Bridge of Books to Literacy.  Phi Delta Kappan,  93(5),  17-22.

Hughes Hassell, S. & Rawson, C. H. (2011). Closing the Literacy Gap for African American Males. School Library Monthly, 28 (3), 15.

McNair, J. (2010). Classic African American children’s literature. Reading Teacher, 64(2), 96-105.

McNair, J. (2008). The Representation of Authors and Illustrators of Color in School-Based Book Clubs.  Language Arts, 85(3), 193-201.

Morrell, E. , and Duncan-Andrade, J. (2006). Popular Culture and Critical Media Pedagogy in Secondary Literacy Classrooms. International Journal of Learning.

Phi Delta Kappan (2012). Educating black males: closing the gap; what works, what doesn’t. Phi Delta Kappan. 93 (5).

Rawson, C. (2011). Are all lists created equal? Diversity in award-winning and bestselling young adult fiction. Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults, 1(3).

Tatum, A. W. (2008). Toward a more anatomically complete model of literacy instruction: A focus on African male adolescents and texts. Harvard Educational Review, 78(1), 155-180.

Tatum, A. W. (2006). Engaging African American males in reading. Educational Leadership, 63(5), 44-49.

Websites and Professional Organizations

Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)

•  “The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is the world’s largest organization dedicated to the support and enhancement of library service to children.”

Building a Bridge to Literacy for Adolescent African American Males

• This website provides background information about Dr. Alfred Tatum’s research, and details the work we have done to bring his research to the attention of the library community. Our aim is to encourage the library community to join the national efforts of organizations such as the Council on the Great City Schools to support the literacy needs of African-American male adolescents.

Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color

• “COSEBOC intends to develop a collaborative network of schools that nurture success in boys of color.  Working with these schools, COSEBOC is committed to high standards, exemplary instruction, and the building of coalitions within and outside the community.  The intended long-term outcome of this coalition will be boys of color who are fully equipped to achieve academically, socially and emotionally.  These schools will serve as models for the educational community, enabling educators to replicate the promising practices modeled in these schools.  COSEBOC will contribute to the body of research on achievement in Black and Latino boys. “

Council of the Great City Schools

• It is the special mission of America’s urban public schools to educate the nation’s most diverse student body to the highest academic standards and prepare them to contribute to our democracy and the global community.

International Reading Association (IRA)

• “Since 1956, IRA has been a nonprofit, global network of individuals and institutions committed to worldwide literacy. The mission of the International Reading Association is to promote reading by continuously advancing the quality of literacy instruction and research worldwide.”

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

• “The National Council of Teachers of English is devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. This mission statement was adopted  in 1990:The Council promotes the development of literacy, the use of language to construct personal and public worlds and to achieve full participation in society, through the learning and teaching of English and the related arts and sciences of language.“

Reading for Their Life: An Appendix Created for School Librarians

• This online appendix, created to supplement Reading for their Life, is intended for use by school librarians. Tatum puts forth an action plan for educators to stop the cycle of failure among African American males; this appendix extends those ideas and suggests specific strategies that school librarians can implement to improve literacy instruction within their schools.

Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA)

• “The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) is a national association of librarians, library workers and advocates whose mission is to expand and strengthen library services for teens, aged 12-18. Through its member-driven advocacy, research, and professional development initiatives, YALSA builds the capacity of libraries and librarians to engage, serve and empower teens.”