Too often the teachers in many public schools know very little about the students in their classes. Strong Black Girls: Reclaiming Schools in Their Own Image lays bare the harm Black women and girls are expected to overcome in order to receive an education in America. This volume, edited by Danielle Apugo, Lynette Mawhinney and Afiya Mbilishaka amplifies routinely muffled voices and experiences of Black women and girls via essays, letters and poetry. The authors make clear that the strength of these women and girls should not be defined merely as an ability to survive, but also their potential to thrive.
