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"Because We're Unique": The Literate Lives of Black Adolescent Females
Title
"Because We're Unique": The Literate Lives of Black Adolescent Females
Author
Strong, Kellan
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Education, Reading, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
This qualitative study explores the literacy and language practices of Black adolescent girls as they read and make meaning of a critical text. The focus of this inquiry was to broadly examine how societal and situational factors influence the way...
HE WHO FEEDS YOU: THE MALES PLACE COMMUNITY GARDEN AS A FACILITATOR OF DEVELOPMENT IN BLACK MALE YOUTH
Title
HE WHO FEEDS YOU: THE MALES PLACE COMMUNITY GARDEN AS A FACILITATOR OF DEVELOPMENT IN BLACK MALE YOUTH
Author
Simmons, Alexander
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Agriculture, Developmental psychology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
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...
The Goldmar Strike: Formative Years of the MCOP, 1977-1979
Title
The Goldmar Strike: Formative Years of the MCOP, 1977-1979
Author
Stroud, Lucinda
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
History, Industrial relations, Ethnicity--Study and teaching, Hispanic Americans--Study and teaching
Description
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...
To Be Young, Black, and Resilient: Navigating a Predominantly White University
Title
To Be Young, Black, and Resilient: Navigating a Predominantly White University
Author
Strickland, Jasmine
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
Education, Higher, Ethnology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
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...