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HE WHO FEEDS YOU: THE MALES PLACE COMMUNITY GARDEN AS A FACILITATOR OF DEVELOPMENT IN BLACK MALE YOUTH
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Author
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Simmons, Alexander
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Agriculture, Developmental psychology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Recent theory and findings suggest that even while enduring adverse social circumstances such as poverty, Black male youth exhibit strengths that can aid in their development. Some frameworks maintain that youth strengths can be fostered through i...
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Jim Crow and Education: The Seldom Told Story
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Author
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Richardson, Zera
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Date Created
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2023
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Subjects--Topical
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Ethnicity--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Archaeology
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Description
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Rosenwald schools are under-documented in the archaeological record. However, these schools were of critical importance to education for Black Americans, particularly in the Jim Crow South. This paper presents the results of excavation and oral hi...
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Masking Modernity: Black Performance and the Struggle for a Modern Identity in the Progressive Era South
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Author
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Taylor, Emily
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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History, Performing arts, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Centering on the concept of dual identity, my thesis examines how the larger black community in the South adjusted to modernity through acts of masking. More specifically, this work analyzes minstrelsy and jubilee spirituals in an effort to explai...
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Performing Arts Education and the Academic Identity Development of African American Male High School Students
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Author
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Walton, Calvin
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Date Created
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2015
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Subjects--Topical
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Curriculum planning, Art--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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AbstractThis study examined the effects of performing arts participation on the academic achievement of African American male high school students. The study investigated how engagement in school-based performing arts influenced the academic ident...
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Socio-spatial Geographies of Hispanic Immigrant Youth Accessing the Urban Labor Market
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Author
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Schuch, Johanna
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sociology, Geography, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
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Description
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This study combines interviews, questionnaires, journaling, mental mapping, and a participatory action research (PAR) project to examine the lived experiences of Hispanic immigrant youth as they navigate the labor market. Research questions addres...
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Title
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The Bloody Ground: The Chickamauga Wars and Trans-Appalachian Expansion, 1776-1794.
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Author
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Kane, Sean
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Date Created
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2018
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Subjects--Topical
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History, Indigenous peoples, North America, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Despite the plethora of works on the American Revolution and the Cherokee, few scholars have placed the Cherokee within the context of the Revolution. This thesis explores the often overlooked history of the Cherokee during last quarter of the eig...
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Title
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The Economic Impact of Spatial Income Inequality
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Author
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Li, Huiping
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Date Created
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2009
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Subjects--Topical
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City planning, Economics, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Spatial income inequality refers to the unequal distribution of income across communities. This study broadens the concept to include residential segregation, central city-suburban income disparity, and government fragmentation. Combining the comp...
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The Goldmar Strike: Formative Years of the MCOP, 1977-1979
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Author
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Stroud, Lucinda
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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History, Industrial relations, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
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Description
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This thesis examines the Maricopa County Organizing Project (MCOP or the Project) which was founded in 1977 in Maricopa County, Arizona. The MCOP is believed to be the first organization to hold an agricultural strike that consisted of entirely un...
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To Be Young, Black, and Resilient: Navigating a Predominantly White University
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Author
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Strickland, Jasmine
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Date Created
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2019
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Higher, Ethnology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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The current study examines how Black undergraduate students at a predominantly White university respond to the racism they encounter on campus. Specifically, the case study seeks to identify (a) the response strategies that Black undergraduate stu...
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VIGNETTES OF SCHOLARS: A CASE STUDY OF BLACK MALE STUDENTS AT A STEM EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL
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Author
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Adams, Tempestt
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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Ensuring students graduate high school ready to enter college or the workforce has become a prime focus within secondary education. High school graduates are often ill-prepared for college-level work and often have to register for remedial courses...
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Title
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WHO I AM IN STEM: BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN, A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENT, AND A STEM MAJOR
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Author
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Dounebaine, Yolanda
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Date Created
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2020
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Higher, Science--Study and teaching, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
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Description
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This qualitative research study utilized the stories of ten African American community college STEM transfer students to explore STEM identity formation, the role race played in this identity formation, the educational experiences that influenced ...