Readings

 

LITERACY 

“Misery of Silence,” Maxine Hong Kingston

“Learning to Read,” Malcolm X

“If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me What Is,” James Baldwin

“How to Write and Why,” Nawal El Saadawi

“I’m Articulate,” Jamila Scott (video)

“How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Gloria Anzaldua

 

SOCIAL JUSTICE RESEARCH

Immigration Readings

Women’s Issues Readings

Wealth Disparity Readings

Criminal Justice System Readings

 

LITERARY ANALYSIS

“Children of the Sea,” Edwidge Danticat

Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi

“A Lower East Side Poem,” Miguel Pinero

“Puerto Rican Obituary,” Pedro Pietri

“AmeRican,” Tato Laviera

“American History,” Judith Ortiz Cofer

“Sonny’s Blues,” James Baldwin