Welcome to the information page of the Black Caucus of NCTE/CCCC

The Black Caucus of NCTE/CCCC is an advocacy group of Black English language arts educators and scholars who are involved in the teaching and learning of communication skills.  The Black Caucus promotes and supports positive images and meaningful status, i.e. involvement and key leadership roles, for Black professional English language arts educators in NCTE, CCCC, and the profession at large.  The Black Caucus initiates and supports resolutions and position statements that result in a broader understanding of language, composition, and literature.  The Black Caucus maintains a network of Black educators whose interests include appropriate teaching methodologies and practices that foster success for Black teachers and students in language, composition, and literature.

Sponsored projects of the Black Caucus include the highly successful African American Read-In, the Barksdale-Turner Scholarship, awarded to a Black student who has selected African American/Black literature as a field of study, and a cultural program, sponsored by the Black Caucus and Latino Caucus, at the NCTE Annual Convention.

President:

Ms. Judith Moore Kelly
D.C. Area Writing Project
Howard University
Washington, DC

Contact:

Kent Wiliamson
Executive Director
NCTE
1111 W Kenyon Road
Urbana, IL 61801

News Links:

African American Read-In