Out of the mouths of slaves
English language, social aspects
Black English
Slaves, united states
African americans, education
Americanisms
Variation
African americans, social conditions
Languages
Slaves
Language arts
Language
African Americans
English language
Social aspects
Education
Social conditions
When the Oakland, California, school board called African American English "Ebonics" and claimed that it "is not a black dialect or any dialect of English," they reignited a debate over language, race, and culture that reaches back to the era of slavery in the United States. In this book, John Baugh…
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