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ERIC Number: EJ479213
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0010-096X
Finding in History the Right to Estimate.
Heath, Shirley Brice
College Composition and Communication, v45 n1 p97-102 Feb 1994
Responds to an article in the same issue by Ann Ruggles Gere entitled, "Kitchen Tables and Rented Rooms: The Extracurriculum of Composition." Gives two examples of "extracurricular" readers and writers that have been neglected by historians: African-American literary societies and community-based writing groups. (HB)
Descriptors: Blacks, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Higher Education, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Writing Workshops
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: African Americans; Composition Theory