Givens Foundation

Nurturing the Creative Element for Academic Success

The African American Academy for Accelerated Learning (AAAL) 7th Education Conference Celebrating Successes in African American on Nov. 6, 2009, in collaboration with
Givens Foundation for African American Literature, presented Alfred Tatum Ph.D. as the keynote speaker.

Tatum is an associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also serves as Director of the UIC reading Clinic where he hosts an annual African American Adolescent Male Summer Literacy Institute. He has authored more than 25 books on the topics of adolescent literacy, teacher professional development in urban middle schools and high schools and the literacy development of African American adolescent males, particularly the impact of texts on their lives.

photo credit Bob Holder Holder & Associates, Inc.