Tatum, A. W. (2000). Breaking down barriers that disenfranchise African American adolescent readers in low-level tracks. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52-64.

Tatum, a teacher and researcher, discusses ways of helping African American adolescents with poor reading skills read, understand and respond to literature with word study activities, fluency development exercises, literature and writing.

Full article can be found here:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/40016858