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Black Boys And Their Behavior, Edward Earl Bell
Black Boys And Their Behavior, Edward Earl Bell
Edward Earl Bell
While societal and cultural expectations bend towards positive schooling experiences, black boys are falling short in terms of graduating from high school—and for that matter—college!
“Don't Call Me A Student-Athlete”: The Effect Of Identity Priming On Stereotype Threat For Academically Engaged African American College Athletes, Keith Harrison
Dr. C. Keith Harrison
Academically engaged African American college athletes are most susceptible to stereotype threat in the classroom when the context links their unique status as both scholar and athlete. After completing a measure of academic engagement, African American and White college athletes completed a test of verbal reasoning. To vary stereotype threat, they first indicated their status as a scholar-athlete, an athlete, or as a research participant on the cover page. Compared to the other groups, academically engaged African American college athletes performed poorly on the difficult test items when primed for their athletic identity, but they performed worse on both the …
A Bold Promise: Black Readjusters And The Founding Of Virginia State University, Leigh Alexandra Soares
A Bold Promise: Black Readjusters And The Founding Of Virginia State University, Leigh Alexandra Soares
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