"Academic Ignorance and Black English," By William Labov, The Atlantic Monthly Online, June 1972 - Labov's article discusses the issues of Black English in inner city schools.

Peter L. Patrick's definition of African American English

"Coexistent systems in African American English," By William Labov

"Race and the Schooling of Black Americans," by Claude M. Steele,The Atlantic Monthly Online, April 1992 - Article discusses African-Americans and college education.

African American English in Educational Context
This course offered at Stanford University explores the linguistic and educational consequences of the African slave trade in relationship to the education of African American students who reside within the United States today.

ERIC bibliography of references for Black Vernacular English

Website about African American Vernacular English, by Jack Sindell

What is A.A.V.E.?

Phonological features of A.A.V.E.