Black Passports: Travel Memoirs as a Tool for Youth Empowerment

Product Description
A resource guide that uses African American memoir to address a variety of issues related to mentoring and curriculum development.


Review
“Making meaningful contributions in the fields of autobiography, youth studies, education, and African American Studies, Stephanie Y. Evans’s
Black Passports: Travel Memoirs as a Tool for Youth Empowerment is an important book that grapples with ways to inspire today’s young people … It offers a captivating collection of autobiographies that will not only allow students to learn about and be inspired by notable people of African descent but also inspire them to manifest their destinies.” ―
CLA Journal

“This book provides a new and refreshing way to think about Black youth and issues of empowerment. It will be a useful tool for teachers, parents, scholars, and community organizers, leaders, and activists.” ― Valerie Grim, Indiana University Bloomington
About the Author
Stephanie Y. Evans is Associate Professor of African American Studies, Africana Women’s Studies, and History at Clark Atlanta University. She is the author of Black Women in the Ivory Tower, 1850–1954: An Intellectual History and coeditor (with Colette M. Taylor, Michelle R. Dunlap, and DeMond S. Miller) of African Americans and Community Engagement in Higher Education: Community Service, Service-Learning, and Community-Based Research, also published by SUNY Press.