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This book is a case study illustrating how one urban school district overcame barriers to allow for effective communication across ethnic and socioeconomic lines, enabling the community to build consensus on new policies and programs for elementary and middle school students at risk for educational failure. The information presented here will be of interest to all urban educators who believe that current policies and programs for at-risk students are failing and who are seeking new answers and ways forward. ... Read more

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This dissertation examines the cultural and educational history of central Missouri between 1820 and 1860. In particular, the issue of the master-slave relationships and how they affected education (broadly defined as the transmission of Southern culture) is studied. Although, Missouri was one of the lowest in slave population during the Antebellum period, Central Missouri, or what became known as Little Dixie, had slave percentages that rivaled many regions and counties of the deep-south. However, the slaves and slave owners interacted on a regular basis which affected cultural transmission in the areas of religion, work, and community. Generally, slave owners in Little Dixie showed a pattern of paternalism in all these areas. The slaves, on the hand, did not always accept their master's paternalism and attempted to forge a life of their own. ... Read more

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African American Views of the Japanese reveals a page of history long ignored. In black America, Japanese were not always known for racist remarks, Sambo images, and discriminatory hiring practices. Once, thousands of African Americans thought of the Japanese as "champions of the darker races." Here Reginald Kearney examines the role played by Japan and its people in the dreams of prosperity for many African Americans. He also uncovers the shock many blacks felt upon learning that this high regard for the Japanese had been betrayed by discriminatory remarks and actions. But overall Kearney remains optimistic that the African American-Japanese rift can be mended. ... Read more

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Washington provides the first systematic critical look at the life and work of Alain Locke, an important American philosopher, in the context of a thoroughgoing analysis of the values, ideals, aspirations, and problems of the Black community. Alain Locke contributed significantly to the twentieth-century dialogue on ethics and society. Drawing particularly on the work of William James and Josiah Royce, Locke was perhaps the first to bring philosophy to bear on the problems of race relations and social justice in a multiracial society. He argued that racial problems in the United States stem from the fact that white Americans hold up their values as the only controlling and only acceptable model, to which other groups are forced to conform. First discussing what is meant by "Black philosophy" and what its concerns include, the author examines Locke's philosophic interpretation of Black America's historical experience, contributions to culture, and struggles for social justice. He provides a critique of Locke's model of the political community, with special reference to the work of Hannah Arendt. Looking at the impact of Locke, DuBois, and others on the Black community, he discusses their relation to the "Black Elite," their encouragement of Black artists and their positions on educational issues such as teaching Black history, parity for Blacks, and school desegregation. Other subjects considered are the "New Negro," the Harlem Renaissance, African art and culture, and Locke's views in light of changes that have occurred since his death in 1954. ... Read more

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Since 1970 increasing percentages of Black students have enrolled in all types of private schools in diverse though predominantly urban regions of the nation. This book looks at all aspects of the educational experiences of the Black children in private and parochial schools, and explores the implications of private schooling for educational policy and future research. The editors' introduction provides an overview of the educational situation of Black children, focusing on the interface between the children, their families, and academic achievement in their schools. The organization of the volume reflects the diversity of private school types attended by Black children. ... Read more

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A must if you are doing a thesis...
I'm doing a thesis on graduation success. This book provides great information on how private schools are doing it better than the public sector. ... Read more

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Through rhetorical criticism of selected spoken and written texts of successful African-American students, Valerie Balester has made a first step toward a rhetorical focus. ... Read more

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Turmoil in higher education has mounted in South Africa to a level wherein black institutions have been virtually paralyzed by conflict and occasionally transformed into armed garrisons. How this situation has come about is the subject of Nkomo's study. The author demonstrates that segregated education for blacks has inadvertently produced a distinct and contradictory "culture of resistance" for a substantial part of the African student body. Ethnic African universities have become cradles of vociferous student resistance to apartheid and have nurtured a new generation of activists responding to factors external to the formal university structure and curriculua. Nkomo provides a comprehensive and critical analysis of the principal legislation and subsequent amendments; the ethnic-racial personnel composition, structures, and curricula of the institutions; expenditures; and the promotion of an official institutional culture that seeks to impose an "Afrikaner orientation" and produce sycophantic African student graduates. A demonstration of the profound interplay of politics and education, the book reveals African students to be dynamic actors within the educational arena. ... Read more

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This groundbreaking study fills a significant gap in educational research literature as it explores the problem of persistent and pervasive underachievement by African-American students in the public schools of the United States. Teacher quality, school resources, socio-economic status of students, cultural relevance of curriculum, and school leadership are a few of the factors that contribute to achievement or the lack of it by these students. Lomotey focuses on the impact of the African-American principal's leadership, its effect on the academic achievement of African-American students, and the day-to-day activities associated with school leadership. ... Read more

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As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (1954), it is important to consider the historical struggles that led to this groundbreaking decision. Four years earlier, in Texas, the Sweatt v. Painter decision allowed blacks access to the University of Texas's law school for the first time. Amilcar Shabazz reveals that the development of black higher education in Texas--which has historically had one of the largest state college and university systems in the South--played a pivotal role in the challenge to Jim Crow education.

Shabazz details the creation of the Texas University Movement in the 1880s to lobby for equal access to the full range of graduate and professional education through a first-class university for African Americans. He traces the philosophical, legal, and grassroots components of the later campaign to open all Texas colleges and universities to black students, showing the complex range of strategies and the diversity of ideology and methodology on the part of black activists and intellectuals working to promote educational equality. Shabazz credits the efforts of blacks who fought for change by demanding better resources for segregated black colleges in the years before Brown, showing how crucial groundwork for nationwide desegregation was laid in the state of Texas. ... Read more

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The book that empowers you to discover who you really are and teaches you to understand yourself, physically, emotionally and spiritually, using your attributes in a positive way.

This comprehensive 368-page guide has brought thousands of parents and teenagers together in planning a healthy and successful future. You'll learn everything you need to know about making the right decisions regarding the topics that are relevant to growing up in the 21st century.

The African-American Teenagers Guide to Personal Growth, Health, Safety, Sex and Survival: Living and Learning in the 21st Century is the NATION'S #1 SELF-HELP BOOK FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN TEENAGERS AND THEIR PARENTS. In this book, you will find information to help you handle situations completely on your own. You'll learn the right way to change frightening situations to enlightening situations. The African-American Teenagers Guide will teach you the value of time and responsibility in relation to your family, friends, classmates, teachers, associates and yourself. Discover who you really are and learn to understand yourself, physically, emotionally and spiritually. You'll be able to organize yourself and handle money matters, including planning, earning and saving toward your college expenses. The African-American Teenagers Guide will answer your questions about sex, pregnancy, dating, rape, gangs, homosexuality, friendship, peer pressure and depression. ... Read more

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AWESOME!!!
THIS BOOK WAS AWESOME WITH ME AS A YOUNG ADULT THIS BOOK WAS VERY INFORMING BOOK ABOUT INFORMATION US TEENAGERS/YOUNG ADULTS NEED TO KNOW. ITS NOT HARD TO UNDERSTAND AND FOLLOW IF YOU HAVE THE FOCUS AND MINDSET TO WANT TO DO RIGHT WITH YOUR LIFE AND WANT TO UNDERSTAND THINGS. SO MRS. HARRIS-JOHNSON WROTE THIS BOOK AND MANY OF TEENS/YOUNG ADULTS SHOULD READ IT ALSO ITS AWESOME.

Informative!!
This is a wonderful book for teens. I work with teens and provided a copy of this book to all - they loved it!!It answers the questions that they want to know the answers to - but not sure how to ask.It answers questions that they have had, have and will have.It covers everything teens care about from A-Z.A wonderful resource.If you have a teen, work with teens, or just know a teen, consider this as a gift.This book is a wonderful contribution to the great books by and for African-Americans.

Absolutely fabulous!!
The African-American population has been awaiting this book for a long time! What better way to help keep your teenager safe and informed, especially when you're not around! This magnificent book covers everything, from setting your alarm at night to good grooming and shopping tips. It is well written, clear, concise and easy to read. Each chapter has its own personality and flavor. Your teenager can look up individual subjects or read it like a novel. It promises to give information persuasively, while gently guiding your child in the right direction. I highly recommend this book for all pre-teens, teens and young adults! ... Read more

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B> This book is comprised of fifteen in-depth, research-based essays in which noted educators discuss the history, politics, challenges and progress of the education of African Americans.Race and Education promotes culturally sensitive, developmentally appropriate and individually supportive learning environments. This book brings together the contemporary thinking of leading scholars who believe that the achievement of African American children will be improved best by the understanding of the history of African American education and the direction in which it is headed.Anyone interested in African American studies, specifically on the topic of education. ... Read more

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Arna Wendell Bontemps was a renaissance man in the broadest sense, a gentleman-scholar-poet fully engaged in the life of the intellect. He contributed vastly to the culture of his era through his own writings--fiction, plays, poetry, children's books, and criticism--and advanced it through teaching, librarianship, and as a sponsor of the arts. Utilizing copious archival, interview, and published materials, Jones fills out the portrait of Bontemps that previously could only be glimpsed from biographies of contemporaries and published correspondence. ... Read more

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The quiet star of the Harlem Renaissance and beyond.
Sadly, there are many who will never have heard anything about Arna W. Bontemps (pronounced "bon-tom") who this book is written about.Had it not been for the poet Langston Hughes, I too would not know who Arna Bontemps was.The two best friends were both struggling African American writers when they met in 1924... a friendship which would last until Mr. Hughes untimely death in 1967.Both were born in 1902.This book details Mr. Bontemps' life, and while he lived during a very exciting time in our history, he lived during a time of struggle.African American writers did not always receive all the same breaks as white writers.Then too, there were also some of the other horrors of the time as well.Even so, Mr. Bontemps couragiously plunged onward.Despite struggling to raise a fine family of six children with his wife Alberta, Mr. Bontemps still managed to follow his dream of writing novels, poems, short stories, children's books, and articles.After a few years in Harlem, he obtained his Masters in Library Science, and eventually became the Librarian/curator at Fisk University, where he then remained for many years until his retirement.When I read about Mr. Bontemp's life, and of his place in the lives of others during that time, I am always reminded of the song, "The Wind Beneath My Wings."You know, "You are my hero," and all that?Arna Bontemps quietly, yet always, was the constant, uplifting wind that helped keep Langston Hughes going, and many others going. And reading about his life, he keeps me going too.This book takes us from Arna Bontemps' birth to his death...through his struggles and many accomplishments...and those of many others during this time who touched his life.Though the subject matter meant alot to me, I can't say that this is a well written book. It really draaagggs in places, and deserved to be written better. Nevertheless, this is the only biography that I know of about Mr. Bontemps, and if you are interested in his life, or, Langston Hughes' life, or the Harlem Renaissance, then I strongly recommend this illustrated book. ... Read more

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Leading African American scholars examine the often neglected cultural context in research and policy development in African American higher education in this collection of essays. Past research has most often been conducted by individuals unfamiliar with the historical and cultural considerations of specific ethnic groups. Therefore, the outcomes of research and the development of programs have been based on deficit models, that is, what is wrong with African Americans, or what they cannot achieve. The book examines the questions; what is the relationship between African Americans' culture and experiences, and how should their culture be integrated into research and practice? How do African Americans' intra- and interrelations differ in higher education? How does understanding African American culture as it relates to higher education research enhance policy-making and practice? What role do HBUCs play in African Americans' participation in higher education? What are the policy and practice implications of past and current research? Scholars and practitioners of education, culture and race relations will find this collection informative and interesting. ... Read more

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An excellent compliation of essays
Dr. Freeman has selected an excellent selection of essays about African-American culture and heritage in higher education.From issues of diversity to equity in higher education policy, the essays are easy to read and provide an excellent survey of the current body of research on animportant topic. I highly recommend it as a textbook or an addition to thestudent's or reseacher's library. ... Read more

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Where are the black males in higher education? How come so few African American men have obtained Ph.D's, and their number is declining? Why are they falling further behind the performance of African American women, and society as a whole?

Through chapters by twenty-seven black male scholars, this extraordinary book uniquely combines studies of the history and social position of black men in the academy with compelling narratives of how these brothers have progressed in their chosen careers despite the odds.

Woven into a purposeful whole, BROTHERS OF THE ACADEMY presents three facets of what it means to be a black man in the academy, and demonstrates what black men can and have contributed to the scholarly enterprise.

The opening section presents research on race and the academy, and makes a telling contribution to the debate. Its chapters explore such topics as the evolution of desegregation in American education; overlooked data on undergraduate enrollment statistics; the representation of African Americans in college administration; and the relationship of racial identitiy to educational outcomes.

Part two presents ten narratives of brothers who gained Ph.D's in a variety of disciplines.

The book concludes by showcasing the work of black scholars from disciplines as diverse as Egyptology and psychology. Their work is emblematic of what occurs at the intersection of rigorous scholarship with the intellectual insights and concerns of African American men.

This is a book for all leaders and administrators in higher education concerned about issues of diversity and equity. Most importantly, for black educators and community leaders who want to increase participation in higher education, and for students considering personal fulfillment through higher degrees and an academic or professional career, it offers challenges, insight, and inspiration. ... Read more

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An Inspiration for all Men
This is an outstanding book, and it bring great inspiration to all that are striving for success.

Inspirational
Way to go Lee, et. al!

This volume of work is splendid!Each chapter is its own vignette of triumph over trial, of success without compromise.Each profile is of a contrasting context than the others, and together theyform a beautiful mosaic of thought, courage, and intellect.This body ofwork would make an excellent gift to a young mind in bloom. ... Read more

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This volume explores the experiences of African Americans in Catholic schools through historical and sociological analysis as well as personal memoirs and reflections of former students. It challenges the theory that they are marginalised, existing in constant opposition to the dominant culture. ... Read more