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Spirituality Among Black Americans: A Hierarchical Classification Of The Family Strengths Model, Genese Clark
Spirituality Among Black Americans: A Hierarchical Classification Of The Family Strengths Model, Genese Clark
College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
There is a need for disaggregate data pertaining to the perceived strengths of Black American families. This study identified which traits are salient and dominant among African-American families according to the Family Strengths Model. Utilizing this model, a mixed methods study was conducted among Black Americans living in Connecticut who identify with belonging to a family (N=59) to investigate the importance of six family strength domains. Results found the hierarchical rank (from most important to least important) to be commitment, spirituality/ spiritual wellbeing, appreciation and affection, positive communication, time together, and the ability to manage stress and crisis effectively. Additionally, …
Rose’S Gift: Slavery, Kinship, And The Fabric Of Memory, Mark J. Auslander
Rose’S Gift: Slavery, Kinship, And The Fabric Of Memory, Mark J. Auslander
All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences
One of the most evocative objects in the new Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is an embroidered cloth bag that has come to be known as “Ashley’s Sack”. Stitch-work on the bag, signed “Ruth Middleton”, recounts the bag’s painful history, as a gift presented by an enslaved woman, Rose, to her daughter Ashley, when Ashley was sold at age nine in South Carolina. This paper explores ‘Ashley’s sack’ as an object of history, memory, ritual action, and aesthetic creativity.