This book is written by teachers interested in bringing African American literature into the classroom. Documented here is the learning process that these educators experienced themselves as they read and discussed the stories & pedagogical.African-American Studies and is founder and Director of the Project on the History of Black Writing at Northeastern University. Sharon Pineault-Burkeis Coordinator of Resource Development and Outreach for the Project on the History of Black Writing and teaches in the writing program at Northeastern University. MariannaWhite Davisis Special Assistant to the President and Adjunct Professor of English at Benedict College, South Carolina.