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ERIC Number: EJ1461036
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0034-0561
EISSN: EISSN-1936-2714
Available Date: 2024-11-28
Black Is Beauty: Jamaican Teachers Fostering Pro-Blackness in Elementary Education
Jarvais J. Jackson; Kadesha Scharschmidt; Heidi Miller-Smith; Addaniekie Blackwood-Smith; Vanessa Stultz
Reading Teacher, v78 n5 p326-335 2025
"Black is beauty" is a powerful affirmation in Jamaican families, emphasizing the value of Blackness beyond race. Similarly, "Black is Beautiful" empowers Black Americans. This article explores the beauty of Blackness from a Jamaican perspective in the U.S., demonstrating pro-Black pedagogy in classrooms to uplift Black students. Despite the global dispersion of Black people, our Africanness, rooted in Mother Africa, remains influential. This article examines the pro-Black journeys of four Jamaican teachers and a teacher educator, enhancing Black students' educational experiences in an urban southern U.S. city and showcasing the interconnectedness of Blackness.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2191/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Jamaica; United States
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A
Author Affiliations: N/A