Monique W. Morris is President/CEO of Grantmakers for Girls of Color and co-founder of the National Black Women’s Justice Institute. She is an award-winning author, filmmaker, and social justice scholar-advocate. Her books include Pushout, Black Stats, and Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues (all from The New Press). She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
“a passionate manifesto…reimagining what schools could do for girls if educators focused more on supporting and encouraging black and brown girls to flourish.”
“‘Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues’ is a vital, generous and sensitively reasoned argument for how we might transform American schools to better educate black and brown girls. Nobody paying attention could honestly deny that we desperately need a kinder approach.
