"Doing Hair" and Literacy in an Afterschool Reading and Writing Workshop for African-American Adolescent Girls

African-American adolescent girls who expressed little interest in literacy activities nevertheless enthusiastically engaged in reading and writing around a topic that mattered to them—doing hair—particularly when they were allowed to determine the format of the literacy activities. The program aimed to carve out free spaces for self-directed learning.

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