@article{Ladson-Billings_2021, title={When there’s no Yellow Brick Road}, volume={28}, url={https://edrev.asu.edu/index.php/ER/article/view/2967}, DOI={10.14507/er.v28.2967}, abstractNote={<p>I have framed this essay based on one of my all-time favorite films, <em>The Wizard of Oz</em>. I actually saw the film in the theater at a Saturday matinee and I was fascinated by Judy Garland’s journey from a small Kansas community to the magical land of Oz. When she ended up in Oz Dorothy was directed to “Follow the Yellow Brick Road” as a way to get to the Emerald City. For a working class, Black girl like me growing up in the pre-Civil Rights era, there was no yellow brick road to follow to the Emerald City. I was going to have to actually make the road. Fortunately, I would encounter “road pavers” along the way that made my journey possible. This essay describes a version of that journey.</p><div> </div>}, journal={Education Review}, author={Ladson-Billings, Gloria}, year={2021}, month={Jan.} }