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Peer reviewedCorbett, Edward P. J. – English Quarterly, 1982
Discusses the current state of literacy and suggests that there is a renaissance of interest in the teaching of rhetoric and composition. (AEA)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Higher Education, Literacy, Reading Skills
Peer reviewedMcPhail, Irving P. – English Quarterly, 1987
Traces the origins of the literacy tradition in indigenous African cultures to the use of the tools of literacy by two black social activists--W.E.B. Dubois and Malcolm X. Also stresses the relationship of literacy to social action, self-education, and liberation of the mind. (AEW)
Descriptors: Black Achievement, Black Education, Black History, Foreign Countries
