In this book, Smitherman makes a substantial contribution to an understanding of Black English by setting it in the larger context of Black culture and life sty

This classic text by Geneva Smitherman, pioneering scholar of Black Talk, is a definitive statement on African American Language (AAL). Enriched by her inimitab

In Articulate While Black, two renowned scholars of Black Language address language and racial politics in the U.S. through an insightful examination of Preside