(Re)Membering: Black Women Engaging Memory through Journaling. (December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Smith, Dywanna; Kelly-Morris, Katelyn; Chapman, Shaniya
• Other Names: Player Grace D. guest-editor.; Ybarra Mónica González guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Urban education. Volume 57:Number 10(2022)
• Page Start: 1673
• Page End: 1698
• Publication Date: 2022-12
• Subjects: Black females -- subjects -- literacy -- urban education -- writing -- teacher education -- teachers of color -- subjects; Education, Urban -- Periodicals; Enseignement en milieu urbain -- Périodiques; Éducation; Milieu urbain; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 370.91732
• DOI: 10.1177/00420859211003932
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0042-0859

Abstract

This manuscript is a confluence of voices: A Black university professor at a Historically Black University in the Southeast and her two pre-service teachers. Using journaling as a catalyst for transformative healing; three young, Black women discuss their intersecting identities and bear witness to each other's memories. To resist racist representations Black women must confront the colonizing ideology by developing a critical consciousness. In short, we must confront massive hate by fully loving and embracing our Blackness. The study elucidates how selfactualization writing can cultivate healing while promoting academic success.