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Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01 The student, Candace Gwin, accepted the attached license on 2022-07-05 at 15:05. The student, Candace Gwin, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2022-07-05 at 15:31. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2022-07-06 at 15:29. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #18145 on 2022-11-15 at 19:17:06 Harris, Violet J Harris, Violet J Moller, Karla J Willis, Arlette I Smith, Bobby J 2022-08 application/pdf en text A critical content analysis of children's literature featuring Black agriculturalists Gwin, Candace Star 2022-07-06 Agricultural literacy Black farmers critical content analysis food justice multicultural children’s literature critical theory There has recently been a push to include agricultural content in the core mainstream K-12 curriculum for all students. Agricultural literacy in the K-12 curriculum is essential to developing tomorrow’s future farmers and agricultural consumers. For various reasons the presence of African Americans in the field of agriculture has generally declined over the past century. Additionally, the contributions of African American agriculturalists are absent from the agricultural curriculum development framework. Using a qualitative critical content analysis, this study identifies and examines Black farmers in multicultural children’s literature in order to position Black farmers in the traditional K-12 curriculum. If children can see farming from a positive and empowering perspective, they might be inspired to pursue an agricultural career path and engage with science inquiry in the future. Thesis eng https://hdl.handle.net/2142/116054 Copyright 2022 Candace Gwin Ph.D. Dissertation Curriculum and Instruction University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Curriculum and Instruction