Critical and necessary, this book provides a window into the education and lives of Black boys in early childhood settings. Applying portraiture methodology, Bryan explores experiences of Black boys and their male teachers in ways that affirm their humanity and acknowledge the consequences of existing in a white supremacist system.

Nathaniel Bryan is Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at Miami University, USA.

Series Editors' Foreword: Valerie Kinloch and Susi Long

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: Are Black Boys Well? Anti-Black Misandry in The Academic and Social Landscape of Black Boys in Early Childhood Education

Chapter 2: Just What Are Black Critical Theory and Black Male Studies Doing in this 'Nice' Field of Early Childhood Education? Toward a BlackBoyCrit Pedagogy

Chapter 3: Anti-Black Misandry and The Recruitment and Retention Narrative: Seeing Black Male Teachers as Pedagogues in the Lives of Black Boys

Chapter 4: Black Males as BlackBoyCrit Pedagogues in Early Childhood Classrooms: Black Boys' Portraits of Mr. Javien, Mr. Tal, and Mr. Henry

Chapter 5: Moving Beyond Literacy Normativity: Toward Black Masculine Literacies in Early Childhood Education

Chapter 6: Cultivating Black Masculine Literacies as a Praxis of BlackBoyCrit Pedagogy: Black Boys' Portraits of Mr. Tal, Mr. Henry, and Mr. Javien

Chapter 7: Understanding Black Boyhood Play Experiences in Early Childhood Education

Chapter 8: Facilitating BlackBoy (Play)Crit Literacies in Early Childhood Classrooms: Roland's Portrait of Mr. Henry

Chapter 9: BlackBoyCrit Pedagogy: A New Way Forward for Black Boys

Afterword. Chance W. Lewis

Appendix