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Back To Africa In The 21st Century: The Cultural Reconnection Experiences Of African American Women, Marcia Tate Arunga Jan 2017

Back To Africa In The 21st Century: The Cultural Reconnection Experiences Of African American Women, Marcia Tate Arunga

Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses

The purpose of this study is to examine the lived experiences of 18 African American women who went to Kenya, East Africa as part of a Cultural Reconnection delegation. A qualitative narrative inquiry method was used for data collection. This was an optimal approach to honoring the authentic voices of African American women. Eighteen African American women shared their stories, revelations, feelings and thoughts on reconnecting in their ancestral homeland of Africa. The literature discussed includes diasporic returns as a subject of study, barriers to the return including the causes of historic trauma, and how Black women as culture bearers …


What's Race Got To Do With It?: A Historical Inquiry Into The Impact Of Color-Blind Reform On Racial Inequality In America's Public Schools, Lillian Dowdell Drakeford Jan 2010

What's Race Got To Do With It?: A Historical Inquiry Into The Impact Of Color-Blind Reform On Racial Inequality In America's Public Schools, Lillian Dowdell Drakeford

Antioch University Full-Text Dissertations & Theses

This dissertation examines the history and impact of color-blind educational reform in the post-Brown era on racial inequality of educational opportunities and outcomes in America's public schools. Through the lens of critical race theory and race critical theory, the dissertation employs a dual analysis. A macro analysis of the evolution and impact of colorblind educational reform on the national level is juxtaposed with a micro, case-study analysis of the history of color-blind educational reform at a historically Black high school. The historical analysis of the relationship between race and education encompasses intellectual and social aspects of education in the U.S. …


Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - H Topics, Lowell Harrison Jan 1985

Ua37/30/2 Wku Research Notecards - H Topics, Lowell Harrison

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Notecards created by Lowell Harrison while researching his book Western Kentucky University. The cards transcribed are for 108 topics beginning with H ranging from Hail Storm to Hundred Club.


Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center Nov 1969

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from September 1 through November 30, 1969.


Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center Aug 1969

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from June 1 through August 31, 1969.


Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center May 1969

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from April 1 through May 31, 1969.


Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center Mar 1969

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from January 1 through March 31, 1969.


Ua64/4 Yearly Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center Mar 1969

Ua64/4 Yearly Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process in 1968.


Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center Dec 1968

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process between October 1 to December 31, 1968.


Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky University Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center Sep 1968

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky University Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from July 1 through September 30, 1968.


Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center Jun 1968

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from April 1 to June 30, 1968.


Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center Mar 1968

Ua64/4 Technical Progress Report Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Quarterly report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process from January 1 through March 31, 1968.


Ua64/4 A Progress Report On The Activities Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center Jul 1967

Ua64/4 A Progress Report On The Activities Of The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding activities to provide support and technical assistance to local school districts during the integration process in 1967.


Ua64/4 Scrapbook, Wku Human Relations Center Jan 1967

Ua64/4 Scrapbook, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Scrapbook created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding the Summer Leadership Institute and other work done during 1966 and 1967.


Ua64/4 The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center Jan 1966

Ua64/4 The Western Kentucky Human Relations Center For Education, Wku Human Relations Center

WKU Archives Records

Working report created by the WKU Human Relations Center regarding the creation of the center and the work proposed to be done in creating a smooth transition from segregation to desegregation in Kentucky schools.


Ua64/14 Student Teacher Placement Cards - Moulder To Murray, Wku College Of Education Jan 1964

Ua64/14 Student Teacher Placement Cards - Moulder To Murray, Wku College Of Education

WKU Archives Records

This document contains the WKU Placement Bureau cards used to place student teachers in schools around Kentucky. The cards give the students’ name, college, position wanted, number of credits and work history. Some cards have a photograph attached. When the photos are detached they immediately follow the student’s card. This particular file contains cards for students Moulder to Murray.


Ua3/3/1 Correspondence, Thomas Stone, Kelly Thompson, Margaret Munday Nov 1959

Ua3/3/1 Correspondence, Thomas Stone, Kelly Thompson, Margaret Munday

WKU Archives Records

Cover letter from Thomas Stone to Kelly Thompson regarding a letter of the first African American WKU student Margaret Munday. Munday's letter relates her experience as the first African American student teacher at the WKU Training School.