The promise of language a memoir
In this powerful coming-of-age memoir, author, scholar, and linguist Keith Gilyard presents a testament to the transformative power of language. From his earliest days in the segregated New York City public schools of the 1950s and '60s through his ascent in academia, the rhythm of Black America's v...
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Detroit, Michigan :
Wayne State University Press,
[2025]
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| Series: | African American life series.
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