TRACKS Are U.S. Schools Obsolete? Examining an Anti-Black Carceral System of Schooling | Re’Nyqua Farrington Insisting on Success as Resistance: Building an Ecosystem of Black Joy, Laughter and Affirmation | Whitney Hanley & Breanya Hogue “Am I No Longer Gifted?”: Imagining a More Capacious World for Black Girls in Alternative Education | Taryrn T.C. Brown, Brittany N. Anderson, & Kiarra Wigfall “They’re Always Actin Up”: Exploring the Impacts of In-school Disciplinary Policies In Out-of-school Spaces | Nakisha Whittington Exploring Liberatory Practices of Dreamkeepers | Yaribel Mercedes, Ashira Mothersil, & Bettina L. Love The Esoteric Relationship Among Black Teachers: A Collaborative Autoethnography Exploring How Schools Work as a Disservice to Black Teachers | Virginia Redwine Johnson, Aminah Crawford, Salandra Grice, & Quinita Ogletree The Miseducation of Black Youth: Black youth spittin’ lyrical lessons of Black joy, laughter, and affirmation in the rural south | Julia A. Lynch, Beth Gafford, & Jarvais J. Jackson Cultivating an Environment of Black J.O.Y. in Educational Settings | Kamshia Childs Let Us Celebrate: Negotiating Black Joy in Academic (Un)Conference Spaces | Nathaniel D. Stewart and J.B. Mayo Jr. Truth be Told: Utilizing Music to (Re)define the Narrative of Black Women Educators’ Lived Experiences | Christina Fields, Gloria Howell, & Shetina Jones The 10th Amendment: The Preclusion of an Equal Education | Jamez E. Dudley Show up and Show out, Young Homie: Performative Assimilation for Black Boys in the Face of Anti-Blackness in Informal STEM Environments | Kareem Edouard & Taquan S. Stewart BONUS TRACKS Erasure and Resistance: Dyeing for Black and Brown Lives | Mary Rambaran-Olm BlackCrit Mothering | Kassie Michelle Phillips Quiet Quitting or Just Tired as Hell?: Embracing the Challenging Reality of Work-Life Balance as a Black Woman in Academia | Wyletta Gamble-Lomax COMMUNITY VOICES Black Teacher, Black Mommy: Co-Conspirators for Equity in American Public Schools | Shartriya Collier Dream Out Loud | Gerald Griffin YOUTH SPEAKS The Inequity of Education | Kaylee J. Hernandez RESOURCES African Diaspora Literacy - The Mixtape: Learning through and from the African Diaspora | Jarvais j. Jackson Making Us Matter Workbook: Combating Anti-Blackness and White Supremacy: And Other Conversations About Racism in Schools | Eghosa Obaizamomwan-Hamilton MIXTAPE VOL. I TRACKS