Black Immigrants in the United States: Essays on the Politics of Race, Language, and Voice - Paperback

by Ayanna Cooper (Editor), Awad Ibrahim (Editor)

Black Immigrants in the United States paints a picture of the black immigrant population, where they come from, what languages and histories they bring with them to the U.S., and discusses their challenges as well as their triumphs.

Author Biography

Ayanna Cooper is an author, advocate, keynote speaker, and owner of ACooper Consulting. Her projects involve providing technical assistance to state departments of education, school districts, and organizations with the goal of protecting the civil rights and improving outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse learners.

Awad Ibrahim is an award-winning author and a professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada. He is a Curriculum Theorist with special interest in cultural studies, applied linguistics, Hip-Hop, youth and Black popular culture, philosophy and sociology of education, social justice, diasporic and continental African identities, and ethnography.