Gary L. Lemons is professor of English at the University of South Florida.Cheryl R. Rodriguez is professor of Africana studies and anthropology at the University of South Florida.

• Preface: Reaffirming the Power and Joy of Black Feminist and Womanist Thought, Gary L. Lemons and Cheryl R. RodriguezIntroduction: Embracing Transformation: Welcoming Wholeness and Truth into Our Classrooms, Cheryl R. Rodriguez and Gary L. Lemons Part I: “I Am”—Pedagogies of Resistance, Liberation, and Transformation Chapter One: The Radical Work of Teaching for Justice: Black Feminist Pedagogy for 21st Century Thought and Activism, Cheryl R. RodriguezChapter Two: Teaching as Liberatory Praxis: Learning to Shed Fear and Transcend Structures of Domination in the Classroom, Hanna GarthChapter Three: Teaching Relationality: Pedagogies Across Asymmetries of Racialization and Colonization, Quynh Nhu LeChapter Four: I am that, too: Integrating the Black Woman into the First Year Composition Classroom, Kendra N. BryantPart II: Education “as the Practice of Freedom”: Holding on to bell hooks’ Pedagogical Legacy Chapter Five: Still Becoming Me: My Journey through bell hooks’ Vision of “Engaged Pedagogy

The impressive range of scholar-teachers who comprise The Power and Freedom of Black Feminist and Womanist Pedagogy are serving black feminist and womanist activist pedagogy with grit, vulnerability, passion, and insight. To invoke Toni Morrison’s eloquent words, The Power and Freedom of Black Feminist and Womanist Pedagogy is not a set of stories "to pass on."

Gary L. Lemons is professor of English at the University of South Florida.Cheryl R. Rodriguez is professor of Africana studies and anthropology at the University of South Florida.

• Preface: Reaffirming the Power and Joy of Black Feminist and Womanist Thought, Gary L. Lemons and Cheryl R. RodriguezIntroduction: Embracing Transformation: Welcoming Wholeness and Truth into Our Classrooms, Cheryl R. Rodriguez and Gary L. Lemons Part I: “I Am”—Pedagogies of Resistance, Liberation, and Transformation Chapter One: The Radical Work of Teaching for Justice: Black Feminist Pedagogy for 21st Century Thought and Activism, Cheryl R. RodriguezChapter Two: Teaching as Liberatory Praxis: Learning to Shed Fear and Transcend Structures of Domination in the Classroom, Hanna GarthChapter Three: Teaching Relationality: Pedagogies Across Asymmetries of Racialization and Colonization, Quynh Nhu LeChapter Four: I am that, too: Integrating the Black Woman into the First Year Composition Classroom, Kendra N. BryantPart II: Education “as the Practice of Freedom”: Holding on to bell hooks’ Pedagogical Legacy Chapter Five: Still Becoming Me: My Journey through bell hooks’ Vision of “Engaged Pedagogy

The impressive range of scholar-teachers who comprise The Power and Freedom of Black Feminist and Womanist Pedagogy are serving black feminist and womanist activist pedagogy with grit, vulnerability, passion, and insight. To invoke Toni Morrison’s eloquent words, The Power and Freedom of Black Feminist and Womanist Pedagogy is not a set of stories "to pass on."

Gary L. Lemons is professor of English at the University of South Florida.Cheryl R. Rodriguez is professor of Africana studies and anthropology at the University of South Florida.

• Preface: Reaffirming the Power and Joy of Black Feminist and Womanist Thought, Gary L. Lemons and Cheryl R. RodriguezIntroduction: Embracing Transformation: Welcoming Wholeness and Truth into Our Classrooms, Cheryl R. Rodriguez and Gary L. Lemons Part I: “I Am”—Pedagogies of Resistance, Liberation, and Transformation Chapter One: The Radical Work of Teaching for Justice: Black Feminist Pedagogy for 21st Century Thought and Activism, Cheryl R. RodriguezChapter Two: Teaching as Liberatory Praxis: Learning to Shed Fear and Transcend Structures of Domination in the Classroom, Hanna GarthChapter Three: Teaching Relationality: Pedagogies Across Asymmetries of Racialization and Colonization, Quynh Nhu LeChapter Four: I am that, too: Integrating the Black Woman into the First Year Composition Classroom, Kendra N. BryantPart II: Education “as the Practice of Freedom”: Holding on to bell hooks’ Pedagogical Legacy Chapter Five: Still Becoming Me: My Journey through bell hooks’ Vision of “Engaged Pedagogy

The impressive range of scholar-teachers who comprise The Power and Freedom of Black Feminist and Womanist Pedagogy are serving black feminist and womanist activist pedagogy with grit, vulnerability, passion, and insight. To invoke Toni Morrison’s eloquent words, The Power and Freedom of Black Feminist and Womanist Pedagogy is not a set of stories "to pass on."