Change Is Gonna Come —
Abstract of

Chapter 2
The Multiple Meanings of Success: Tensions, Conflicts, and Crises for African American Students

Patricia A. Edwards

Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon

Jennifer D. Turner

The authors highlight the ongoing debates about the meanings of success in the African American community, and reveal how these multiple meanings of success have important implications for the literacy lives and schooling experiences of African American students.

Edwards, P.A., McMillon, G., & Turner, J.D. (2010). The Multiple Meanings of Success: Tensions, Conflicts, and Crises for African American Students. In Change Is Gonna Come (pp. 36-63). New York; Newark, DE: Teachers College Press; International Reading Association.