Out of the Mouths of Slaves: African American Language and Educational Malpractice

by John Baugh

Book Overview

Winner, A Choice Outstanding Academic Book

When the Oakland, California, school board called African American English "Ebonics" and claimed that it "is not a black dialect or any dialect of English," they reignited a debate over language, race, and culture that reaches back to the era of slavery in the United States. In this book, John Baugh, an authority on African American English, sets new parameters for the debate by dissecting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292708734
• ISBN13: 9780292708730
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"