S. R. Toliver is Assistant Professor of Literacy and Secondary Humanities at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her scholarship centers the freedom dreams of Black youth and honors the historical legacy that Black stories and Black imaginations have had and will have on activism and social change.

• PrefaceChapter 1 – Introduction: My Name is Jane and This is My WorldChapter 2 – Exploring Womanism: Finding the Othermothers, Entering the HarborChapter 3 – Expanding the Literature: Speculative Maps, Activating DreamsChapter 4 – Introducing the Research Partners: Black Girls and Their World Chapter 5 – Research Partner Stories: BaileyChapter 6 – Research Partner Stories: VictoriaChapter 7 – Research Partner Stories: AmberChapter 8 – Research Partner Stories: TalynChapter 9 – Research Partner Stories: TerrahChapter 10 – Research Partner Stories: Avenae’JChapter 11 – Conclusion: Going Back, Dreaming AgainCompanion 1 – Exploring the IntroductionCompanion 2 – Theory in the WordCompanion 3 – Fictionalizing the Research LiteratureCompanion 4 – The Research PartnersCompanion 5 – Concluding the StoryAuthor’s Note

S. R. Toliver is Assistant Professor of Literacy and Secondary Humanities at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her scholarship centers the freedom dreams of Black youth and honors the historical legacy that Black stories and Black imaginations have had and will have on activism and social change.

• PrefaceChapter 1 – Introduction: My Name is Jane and This is My WorldChapter 2 – Exploring Womanism: Finding the Othermothers, Entering the HarborChapter 3 – Expanding the Literature: Speculative Maps, Activating DreamsChapter 4 – Introducing the Research Partners: Black Girls and Their World Chapter 5 – Research Partner Stories: BaileyChapter 6 – Research Partner Stories: VictoriaChapter 7 – Research Partner Stories: AmberChapter 8 – Research Partner Stories: TalynChapter 9 – Research Partner Stories: TerrahChapter 10 – Research Partner Stories: Avenae’JChapter 11 – Conclusion: Going Back, Dreaming AgainCompanion 1 – Exploring the IntroductionCompanion 2 – Theory in the WordCompanion 3 – Fictionalizing the Research LiteratureCompanion 4 – The Research PartnersCompanion 5 – Concluding the StoryAuthor’s Note

S. R. Toliver is Assistant Professor of Literacy and Secondary Humanities at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her scholarship centers the freedom dreams of Black youth and honors the historical legacy that Black stories and Black imaginations have had and will have on activism and social change.

• PrefaceChapter 1 – Introduction: My Name is Jane and This is My WorldChapter 2 – Exploring Womanism: Finding the Othermothers, Entering the HarborChapter 3 – Expanding the Literature: Speculative Maps, Activating DreamsChapter 4 – Introducing the Research Partners: Black Girls and Their World Chapter 5 – Research Partner Stories: BaileyChapter 6 – Research Partner Stories: VictoriaChapter 7 – Research Partner Stories: AmberChapter 8 – Research Partner Stories: TalynChapter 9 – Research Partner Stories: TerrahChapter 10 – Research Partner Stories: Avenae’JChapter 11 – Conclusion: Going Back, Dreaming AgainCompanion 1 – Exploring the IntroductionCompanion 2 – Theory in the WordCompanion 3 – Fictionalizing the Research LiteratureCompanion 4 – The Research PartnersCompanion 5 – Concluding the StoryAuthor’s Note