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Does Culture Matter? : Exploring The Relationships Among Parenting A Child With Disabilities, Cultural Identification, And Stress In A Group Of European American And Immigrant Latino Families, Ximena P. Suarez-Sousa

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The purpose of this correlational exploratory study was to delve into the experience of raising a child with disabilities by investigating the parents' level of stress and the role played by culture, acculturation, and various demographic variables suggested by the literature to influence stress were included. A purposive sample composed of 38 primarily undocumented immigrant Latino parents and 32 European American parents of children with disabilities was recruited from community agencies in a Midwest state. The most frequent disabilities were orthopedic impairments, pervasive developmental disorders, and mental retardation.

Data were collected with the Parent Survey, comprised of the Questionnaire on …

Indefinite Ethnicity In Fact And Fiction: "Invisible Color" Or "Honkified Meanderings"?, Anita Louise Hughes

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Passing, both standard and reverse, is the process of changing ethnicity. The methodology of reverse passing varies, but claiming "no color" is ineffective in fact and fiction as can be seen in James McBride's The Color of Water, Shirlee Taylor Haizlip's The Sweeter the Juice, Danzy Senna's Caucasia, and Rosellen Brown's Half a Heart. The characters in these texts attempt indefinite ethnicity by denying color and are prone to restlessness and failure until they accept racial duality.

Perceptions Of Factors Associated With Academic Success Among African American Students On Four Predominantly White Campuses In Northeast Tennessee, Jean M. Harper

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between the perceptions of successful African American sophomore students and their adjustment to academic success at predominantly White colleges and universities. Twenty African American sophomore females and twenty African American sophomore males from two predominantly White community colleges and two predominantly White universities participated in the study. Each subject completed a demographic survey and participated in an interview. Results indicated that both the attitudes of African American students toward education and their perceptions of the attitudes of those in the educational system towards African American students played an integral role …

Perceptions Of African-American Seniors Regarding Factors Of Institutional Support At Three Predominantly White Tennessee State-Supported Institutions Of Higher Education, Delmar L. Mack

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This study of African-American seniors at East Tennessee State University, Middle Tennessee State University, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville was conducted to solicit student responses about the perceptions of their schools, university services, and experiences at those institutions. The study employed quantitative data and descriptive analysis was performed. Data collected in this study described the demographic characteristics of the students and their perceptions, attitudes, experiences and level of involvement in the campus environment for African-American seniors. Data in this study indicated perceptions that Tennessee must be committed to increasing financial support to the universities. Universities must be committed …

A Portrayal Of The Work Life Of Tenured African-American Female Faculty Working Within Historically White, Public Institutions Of Higher Education In Virginia, Carol A. Wilson

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The purpose of this study was to portray the experiences of African-American tenured female faculty employed within Historically White, public institutions of higher education in Virginia. This study is a portrait of the career paths, teaching experiences, institutional experiences, community and personal activities, work life, and the future of African-Americans. The study focused on personal experiences and provided a grounded recording for other African-American female faculty members employed within comparable institutions of higher education. The interviews also addressed educational preparation, mentoring, expectations, frustrations, difficulties, cultural and collegial experiences. Participants' audio taped responses were transcribed. Similarities that evolved from the discussions …

A Case Study Of The Effects Of Integration On Two Black High Schools In East Tennessee, Sheila R. Knaff

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This study investigated the effects of integration on two black high schools and their communities in East Tennessee. The purpose of the study was to show how integration impacted these two communities both negatively and positively. The research method was qualitative and used the case study approach. Interviews of former students, teachers, and administrators of these two schools was a primary source of data collection. Further analysis of the data used the qualitative software package QSR NUD*IST 4.0. Data gained from the interviews, coupled with historical and current literature, as well as other published documents in relation to these two …

Perceptions Of African-American Males Regarding Factors Supporting Doctoral Completion In Colleges Of Education, William Respress

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The primary purpose of the study was to examine what institutional factors most influenced the decision of African-American male doctoral scholars to persist unto graduation. The literature review showed mentoring, institutional climate, race relations, and social adjustment as key factors in persistence of minorities in graduate studies. An objective specific to the study was to explore the cumulative outcomes that mentoring, social adjustment, institutional climate, and race relations have upon persistence. The population included scholars at both Predominantly White Colleges (PWIs) and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) throughout the United States in Colleges of Education. One hundred sixty-four scholars …

Identity Development And Student Involvement Of African-American Undergraduate Students At Historically White Colleges And Universities In Southern Appalachia, Rosemary G. Bundy

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This study of African American undergraduates at Emory & Henry College, Tusculum College, Western Carolina University, East Tennessee State University, Appalachian State University, and University of North Carolina at Asheville was conducted to determine students' stages of identity development, level of involvement in campus activities, and demographic characteristics within historically White Southern Appalachian colleges and universities, both public and independent. Three research questions were answered by analyzing 21 null hypotheses using the t-test and the chi square test. Hypotheses were tested at the.05 level of significance. Data collected in this study revealed that the students' perceptions of identity development and …

Jane Eyre And The Postcolonial Bildungsroman., Patricia R. Payette

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Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre is often considered a classic Bildungsroman and an early example of feminist fiction because its plot concerns the progress of a lonely and outspoken orphaned girl whose self-determination and independence eventually lead her to wealth and a successful marriage. However, as the novels by three twentieth-century Caribbean authors illustrate, the paradigm of female development presented in Jane Eyre is not applicable to females from the West Indies who are faced with racial and cultural barriers that are part of growing up in a colonized society. Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea (1966), Jamaica Kincaid's Lucy (1990), and …

William T. Sherman, Commanding General Of The Military Division Of The Mississippi, 1864-1866, Henry W. Johnson

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This thesis, submitted to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in 1953, examines General William T. Sherman’s tenure as commanding general of the Military Division of the Mississippi from 1864 to 1866, focusing on an aspect of his career the author argues has been neglected relative to general Civil War scholarship. Drawing on official war records, including roughly five hundred microfilmed documents from the War Department’s archives, Sherman’s own memoirs, and the accounts of his fellow commanders, Johnson traces Sherman’s assumption of command from …

The Concept Of God In The Poetry Of The American Negro, Sister Mary Helena Jones Ssf

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This thesis, submitted to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in 1943, traces the evolving concept of God in the poetry of the American Negro from the era of slavery through the early 1940s. Sister Mary Helena Jones examines the poets' treatment of the divine attributes of God, including His Power, Love, Justice, Goodness, Immutability, and Mercy, and His relation to man as Saviour, Friend, Master, Shepherd, and King, arguing that this faith, once central to Black religious and poetic expression, has weakened over …

The Black And Tan Faction Of The Republican Party In Louisiana 1908 To 1936, Frederick Joseph Davis

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A Critical Analysis Of Negro Character In The American Novel Of The South 1935-1940, Alice Veronica Johnson

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This master’s thesis, submitted to the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of Xavier University in 1943, examines how Black characters are portrayed in novels of the American South published between 1935 and 1940. Johnson begins from her observation that fiction by both white and Black authors tends to favor sensational or degraded types and to leave out the ordinary, self-respecting Black person. She asks whether Southern fiction of the period teaches democratic attitudes. After a first chapter on modern trends and techniques in the novel, she analyzes Black characters as drawn by white authors, including Robert Rylee, Elma Godchaux, …

The Development Of Race Pride In American Negro Poetry, Sister Mary Boniface Adams

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The study of the development of race pride in the poetry of American Negro seeks to trace the though of the Negro from his entry into America to the present, including the important periods of history which affected this development and his reaction to them.

Education For Negroes In New Orleans Prior To 1915, Marie Dejan

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A Historical Sketch Of Public High Schools For Negroes In Louisiana, Edna M. Cordier

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Philosophic Trend Of American Negro Poetry, George Stevens

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Master of Arts degree in 1939, traces the philosophic trend in American Negro poetry from 1761 to the contemporary period, examining the shift from an idealistic, religiously grounded poetic sensibility toward a naturalistic worldview. Drawing on primary poetry collections, anthologies, and critical studies of Black American literature, the thesis divides its analysis into three literary-historical periods: the Early Period (1761-1865), the Pre-Renaissance Period (1866-1899), and the Renaissance Period (1900 to the time of writing).

The thesis argues that poetry of the Early Period, beginning with Jupiter Hammon, …

The Origin And The Development Of The Welfare Of The Holy Family, Sister M. Catherine Walto Ssf

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This thesis, submitted to the faculty of Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education in 1933, surveys the social welfare, educational, and spiritual activities of the Sisters of the Holy Family, a Catholic religious congregation of African American women founded in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1842. Drawing on institutional records, community documents, and the author's own twenty-five years of experience with the congregation, the study chronicles the development of the Sisters' welfare activities across three areas. Part I examines social activities including the Lafon Old Folks Home, Saint John Berchmans Girls' Orphanage, …

Isaiah Thorriton Montgomery His Life And Work, Sister Mary Of Victory Ssf

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1933, presents a biographical and historical study of Isaiah Thornton Montgomery (1847–1924), the founder of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, the most prominent all-Black town in the United States. Drawing on memoirs, newspaper accounts, and the Journal of Negro History, the study traces Montgomery's origins as the son of Benjamin T. Montgomery, an educated slave on the Davis plantation in Mississippi, through his founding of Mound Bayou in 1887 on a 30,000-acre land grant secured from the Louisville, New Orleans, and Texas Railway. The …

Brief Study Of Working Conditions Of Colored Citizens In New Orleans Louisiana, Ernest J. Wright

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This thesis, submitted to the faculty of Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a bachelor's degree in 1933, documents the working and economic conditions of Black citizens in New Orleans, Louisiana during the Great Depression. The study presents occupational wage data across trades including bricklaying, carpentry, plumbing, and electrical work, as well as domestic service, professional fields, and the insurance industry. Unemployment relief statistics for the Black population of Louisiana are documented, including data on the number of workers receiving relief and average relief payments as of February 1933. The thesis examines the Longshoremen's Organization in detail, tracing …

Negro Art, Vera Helena Richards

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932, surveys the contributions of Black artists to literature and music in America, situating these contributions within a broader history of African civilization and creative achievement. The thesis opens with a discussion of ancient African scientific, religious, and artistic accomplishments before turning to its central focus on Black American literary and musical figures from the eighteenth through early twentieth centuries.

The thesis profiles a series of poets and writers, including Phyllis Wheatley, described as the first Black woman in American literature; Paul …

The Teaching Of Negro History In Elementary School, David Joseph Jackson

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This bachelor’s thesis, presented to Xavier University in 1932, proposes a method for teaching Negro history from kindergarten through the upper elementary grades. Jackson argues that students and teachers alike lack knowledge of Black achievement, and that a well-planned, psychologically sound course can build race pride, loyalty, and a spirit of inter-racial cooperation without encouraging prejudice. He treats Negro history as a science resting on documentary and material sources, and he draws on his own trial of the method with a group of students at a New Orleans community center.

The thesis then moves through the grades. It begins with …

A History Of The Congregation Of The Sisters Of The Holy Family Of New Orleans, Sister Mary Francis Borgia Hart Ssf

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This thesis traces the history of the Sisters of the Holy Family, a congregation of Black Catholic women founded in New Orleans in 1842. Borgia opens with the city’s social setting, including its community of free people of color, and then follows the founders Henriette Delille (spelled Harriet Delisle in the thesis) and Juliette Gaudin. She describes their work with the French priest Pere Rousselon and the teacher Marie Jeanne Aliquot, and the poverty, illness and hardship of the early years. The account continues through the Civil War, the loss of Mother Delille and of Pere Rousselon, and the admission …

A Criticism Of Paul Lawrence Dunbar And His Works, Ethel M. Baptiste

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This thesis, presented at Xavier University in June 1930 in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, offers a critical study of the life and poetic works of Paul Laurence Dunbar. The thesis opens with a biographical account of Dunbar's impoverished childhood in Dayton, Ohio, his early literary talent, his work as an elevator operator while writing verse, and the publication of his first volume, "Oak and Ivy," in 1893, before turning to a close examination of his poetic output.

The thesis organizes its analysis by literary form, examining Dunbar's lyrics, sonnets, odes, dirges, ballads, and …

A Thesis On The Constitutional History Of The American Negro From 1776 To 1875, Clothilde Labat

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This thesis, submitted to Xavier University in partial fulfillment of requirements for a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930, traces the constitutional and legal history of the American Negro from 1776 to 1875, examining the legislative record underlying the eventual adoption of the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments. Labat argues that this body of law developed gradually from colonial-era statutes and custom rather than from any founding constitutional mandate, and that the Federal Constitution itself contained no explicit provision for slavery.

The thesis surveys legislation across the pre-constitutional, pre-Civil War, Civil War, and post-Civil War eras, beginning with colonial statutes …

The Negro In Literature, A. W. Arnaud

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This thesis traces the development of the Negro in American literature from its origins in the spirituals through the flowering of the "New Negro" Renaissance of the early twentieth century. Arnaud opens by defining literature as the artistic record of a people's inner life and argues that Negro literary expression developed first through song, tracing the movement from oral spirituals through the early poetry of the enslaved and freed population toward increasingly sophisticated literary forms.

The thesis presents Paul Laurence Dunbar as the foremost early exponent of Negro poetry, examining his biography and his work in both classic English verse …