102 Research in the Teaching of English Volume 53 November 2018 102 Research in the Teaching of English Volume 53, Number 2, November 2018 Where Do We Go from Here? Toward a Critical Race English Education Lamar L. Johnson Michigan State University In this article, I propose Critical Race English Education (CREE) as a theoretical and pedagogi- cal construct that tackles white supremacy and anti-black racism within English education and ELA classrooms. I employ autoethnography and counterstorytelling as methods that center my multiple identities and lived realities as I document my racialized and gendered experiences in relation to my journey to Ferguson, MO and my experiences as a secondary ELA teacher. The research questions guiding this study are the following: (1) As a Black male English educator and language and literacy scholar, how am I implicated in the struggle for racial justice and what does it mean for me to teach literacy in our present-day justice movement?; (2) How are Black lives mattering in ELA classrooms?; and, (3) How are we using Black youth life histories and experiences to inform our mindset, curriculum, and pedagogical practices in the classroom? This article explicates findings from three interconnected stories that work to show how CREE can be operationalized to better understand the #BlackLivesMatter movement in its historical and contemporary dimensions. The data analyzed stem from my autobiographical narratives, observations, social media artifacts, and images. I aim to expand English education to be more synergistically attuned to racial justice issues dealing with police brutality, the mass incarceration of Black people, and legacies of grassroots activism. This analysis suggests implications that aim to move the pedagogical practices around the intersections of anti-blackness and literacy from the margins to the center of discussion and praxis in ELA contexts. Prelude: The Other Trayvon On February 26, 2012, many people were numbed or in pain following the murder of Trayvon Martin. It’s still hard to believe that Trayvon’s life was taken away from him in just a matter of seconds by the hands of a man who viewed him as not fully human and by a society that saw his black hoodie and his Black skin as threats. Trayvon’s murder happened two days after my 23rd birthday. My soul remembers (Greene, Boutte, & Hightower, 2018). Trayvon Martin—a name that reminds me of the state-sanctioned racial violence that physically and symbolically abuses and kills the bodies and spirits of Black children and youth. e102-124-Nov18-RTE.indd 102 11/2/18 3:08 PM