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… read more
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Reading and the African American male: Identity, equity, and power
Tatum, A. W. (1999). Reading and the African American male: Identity, equity, and power. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 62-64. Tatum relates that the sounds, meanings, perceptions, and the sensual experience of his first encounters with words seemed to open up a new way of life for him. He narrates… read more
The sociocultural benefits of writing for African American adolescent males
Tatum, A. W., & Gue, V. (2012). The sociocultural benefits of writing for African American adolescent males. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 28(2), 123-142. Historically speaking, reading and writing among African Americans were collaborative acts involving awide range of texts that held social, economic, political, or spiritual significance. One of the constants of literacy… read more
African American males and literacy development in contexts that are characteristically urban
Tatum, A. W., & Muhammad, G. E. (2012). African American males and literacy development in contexts that are characteristically urban. Urban Education,47(2), 434-463. Advancing the literacy development of African American males in contexts that are characteristically urban has been a challenging task for educators across the P-12 spectrum. Frames that have… read more