Hear Our Truths: The Creative Potential of Black Girlhood

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Chapter 1. Tiara: Endangered Black Girls Instruction 301 19 Chapter 2. Black Women Remember Black Girls: A Collective and Creative Memory 46 Chapter 3. When Black Girls Look at You: An Anti-Narrative Photo-Poem 98 Chapter 4. Bad Days: “If You Hit Me, I’m Gonna Hit You Back” 139 Chapter 5. More than Sass or Silence: The Creative Potential of Black Girlhood 184 Conclusion 218 Works Cited 231 Index 239 ...