Sing A Rhythm, Dance A Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls

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Monique W. Morris

Sing A Rhythm, Dance A Blues

Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls

Monique W. Morris

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The New Press
03 December 2019

Social discrimination; Urban communities; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Education; Educational strategies & policy

"A groundbreaking and visionary call to action on educating and supporting girls of color, from the highly acclaimed author of Pushout

""Monique Morris is a personal shero of mine and a respected expert in this space."" -Ayanna Pressley, U.S. congresswoman and the first woman of color elected to Boston's city council

Wise Black women have known for centuries that the blues have been a platform for truth-telling, an underground musical railroad to survival, and an essential form of resistance, healing, and learning. In this ""powerful call to action"" (Rethinking Schools), leading advocate Monique W. Morris invokes the spirit of the blues to articulate a radically healing and empowering pedagogy for Black and Brown girls. Morris describes with candor and love what it looks like to meet the complex needs of girls on the margins.

Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues is a ""vital, generous, and sensitively reasoned argument for how we might transform American schools to better educate Black and Brown girls"" (San Francisco Chronicle). Morris brings together research and real life in this chorus of interviews, case studies, and the testimonies of remarkable people who work successfully with girls of color. The result is this radiant guide to moving away from punishment, trauma, and discrimination toward safety, justice, and genuine community in our schools."

By: Monique W. Morris
Imprint: The New Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 223mm, Width: 145mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9781620973998
ISBN 10: 1620973995
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 03 December 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Monique W. Morris, president/CEO of Grantmakers for Girls of Color and co-founder of the National Black Women's Justice Institute, is the author of several books, including Pushout; Black Stats; Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues; and Charisma's Turn (all from The New Press). Her work has been featured by NPR, the New York Times, MSNBC, Essence, The Atlantic, TED, the Washington Post, Education Week, and others. She lives in New York.

Reviews for Sing A Rhythm, Dance A Blues: Education for the Liberation of Black and Brown Girls

Praise for Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues Black girls are not often at the center of the stories we read. Monique Morris's work is a wonderful exception. Her passionate book explains how the real world--specifically schools--ignores, misreads, and mistreats us. This much-needed book is so important because it shows how Black and brown girls, with the help of the teachers and people who love them, can write new stories that replace the fiction about our worth, our abilities, and ourselves. --Marley Dias, founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks and author of Marley Dias Gets It Done: And So Can You!