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Handcuffing The Vote: Diluting Minority Voting Power Through Prison Gerrymandering And Felon Disenfranchisement, Rebecca Harrison Stevens, Meagan Taylor Harding, Joaquin Gonzalez, Emily Eby

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

For the purposes of legislative redistricting, Texas counts prison populations at the address of the prison in which they are incarcerated at the time of the census, rather than their home prior to incarceration—regardless of whether the prisoners themselves maintain a residence in their home communities and intend to return home after incarceration. This deprives those home communities of full representation in the redistricting process. Combined with Texas’s felon disenfranchisement laws, this also results in arbitrarily bolstering the representational power of some Texans on the backs of other Texans who themselves are unable to vote. All of this takes place …

Leaders In The Making: Higher Education, Student Activism, And The Black Freedom Struggle In South Carolina, 1925-1975, Ramon M. Jackson

Theses and Dissertations

Leaders in the Making examines the shifting political and social consciousness of African American college students in South Carolina and their reaction to and impact on the Black freedom struggle in the state between 1925 and 1975. Placing young people at the center of the story, this dissertation explains the process by which race leaders were cultivated, an effort that largely occurred in segregated public and private high schools and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Black South Carolinians ingeniously transformed these symbols of racial inferiority into incubators of the post-World War Two generation of youth activists that dismantled Jim …

Complicating The Narrative: Using Jim's Story To Interpret Enslavement, Leasing, And Resistance At Duke Homestead, Jennifer Melton

Theses and Dissertations

In the antebellum South, an enslaved person was more likely to be leased out than to be sold during his or her lifetime. Despite its ubiquity, leasing of enslaved people is rarely interpreted at historic sites and is not widely understood by the general public. In this project, I examine leasing and resistance to slavery in North Carolina through the lens of Jim, an enslaved man leased by Washington Duke at the property that is now Duke Homestead State Historic Site. While Duke is famous in North Carolina as founder of the American Tobacco Company, he was a yeoman tobacco …

An Exploratory Study Of Engineering Identity Development In African American Youth, Coletta Elayne Johnson Bey

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Over the next ten years, the United State government forecasted a shortage of one million science, technology, engineering and mathematic (STEM) workers. This shortage of STEM workers can adversely impact the global competitiveness and sustainability of America. Within the workforce, African Americans are grossly underrepresented. The emerging body of knowledge has derived a process by which potential engineers make be identified. There is wide recognition in the body of knowledge that developing engineers have growth mindsets; strong math and science skills; and associate in engineering communities of practice. Authors of published research also agree that parents influence their child(ren)’s career …

Equity Issues In Dual Enrollment Programs: Exploring African American Community College Students’ Perceptions Of Dual Enrollment, Kristen Wagner Rarig

Educational Leadership & Workforce Development Theses & Dissertations

Dual enrollment has been shown to increase post-secondary student success outcomes across a variety of measures such as retention, grade point average, and four-year attainment (Allen & Dadgar, 2012; Hoffman, 2012, Pretlow & Wathington, 2014). In Virginia, access to community colleges among students of color has increased from 32.3% in 2008 to 42.7% in 2018 (SCHEV, 2019-a). Despite these gains, far fewer African American students than White students participate in dual enrollment in Virginia, which has significant implications for their future success in post-secondary education. This study examined the experiences that influenced African American students’ choice to participate in dual …

American Society’S Fear Of Social Change Reflected Through The Ostracizing Of Nfl Free Agent Colin Kaepernick, Emma Hedgepeth

Student Publications

Systemic racism continues to plague Black Americans. However, demonstrations that attempt to bring attention to racial discrimination are often met with anger from white Americans that claim oppression on the basis of race is no longer an issue. Former NFL athlete Colin Kaepernick is no exception to this trend and his peaceful protests during the national anthem led to a swift denunciation and his eventual dismissal from the league. Consequently, the NFL's treatment of Kaepernick is reflective of a larger issue in American society where any person or organization that attempts to challenge the racial hierarchy, is vilified.

Holding Allies Accountable, Gisselle Flores

Student Publications

Artists, including Rihanna, Cardi B, and Jay-Z, have turned down the NFL’s offer to perform in the halftime show out of solidarity with Colin Kaepernick , but it was recently announced that Jennifer Lopez and Shakira will be performing in 2020. This has sparked controversy because some are celebrating that there are two Latinas headlining the Super Bowl halftime show for the first time while others do not view this event as a cause for celebration because they believe that J. Lo and Shakira should have boycotted like other artists have. Jennifer Lopez and Shakira have given no prior indications …

Fieldwork In Yalobusha County, Jessica Wilkerson

About the Project

A summary of the daytrip to Yalobusha County taken by graduate students in Jessica Wilkerson's class, SST 560 (Oral History of Southern Social Movements). After church services in both Water Valley and Coffeeville, the students made first connections with their interviewees.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 95, No. 5, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Nutter, Abbey. Residence Halls See Increase in Police Presence
• Dobbs, Jack. Housing Still Sees 10 Mold Reports Per Day
• Rexing, Brody. Up in Smoke – Vaping
• Williams, Matthew. Greeks Go Green to Get Organizations Helping Environment
• Burris, Lily. WKU Helps Bring Baseball Back to Puerto Rico
• Warner, Casey. Southern Rock Bands Impress at Tidball’s
• United Auto Workers vs. General Motors
• Steele, Emma. 100 New Friends – Danny Carothers, Mobile Grocery Store
• Metcalf, Taylor. Floral Design Offers Unique Class Experience
• Fletcher, Griffin. Survivor: Auditioning for a …

An Alternative Visual Narrative: Latoya Ruby Frazier's The Notion Of Family, Madison Schultz

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

LaToya Ruby Frazier’s body of photographic work titled The Notion of Family (2003-2014) explores the toll the steel industry in Braddock, Pennsylvania, took on the black community there. The history of black Braddock is riddled with social, political, racial, economic and environmental hardship spurred on by the steel industry. Frazier intimately chronicles the lives of three generations of women—herself, her mother, and her grandmother—and their place in that history. The alternative visual narrative that Frazier creates commands viewers’ attention in telling a story that has been largely ignored by the American public. This essay contrasts Frazier’s work with that of …

Critical Review Of Break Beats In The Bronx: Rediscovering Hip-Hop’S Early Years, Corey Lionel Spencer

Occasional Essays

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Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 95, No. 4, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Burris, Lily. WKU Discusses Confidence in Timothy Caboni
• Nutter, Abbey. Parking & Transportation Services Changes Include Parking Meter Rate Increases for 2019-20
• Burris, Lily. College Heights Herald Reporter Arrested for Public Intoxication – Alec Jessie
• Williams, Matthew. WKU Plans to Shut Down Tate Page Hall
• Interweb Woes – KentuckyWired
• Mallon, Sam & Reed Mattison. Bienvenidos – Hispanic Americans
• Kieser, Nick. Going for Gold – Larissa Franklin
• Jessie, Alec. Hilltoppers Enter First Bye Week with Questions to Answer – Football
• Gaylord, Kayden. WKU Volleyball Extends Winning …

Hodges Cemetery, Alvin D. Jackson

Tour Programs

This tour was conducted in conjunction with the Munlin Cemetery Tour.

Munlin Cemetery, Alvin D. Jackson

Tour Programs

This tour was done in conjunction with the Hodges Cemetery.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 95, No. 3, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. This issue contains articles:

• Nutter, Abbey. Meet WKU’s New Physical Therapy Chair – Beth Norris
• Nutter, Abbey. Greek & Destroy – Lambda Chi Alpha
• Rexing, Brody. Computer-less Students to be Given Opportunity for Free Desktop
• Goodlett, Ryan. Exhibit Offers Unique Lenses on Kentucky Heritage – Kentucky Museum
• Dobbs, Jack. New Perspective – Stacey Biggs, Marketing
• Chisenhall, Jeremy. Why We’ve Decided to Resume Publishing Crime Reports
• Every 40 Seconds – Suicide Prevention Day
• Day of Dance
• Mitchell, McKenna. Empower Your Health Comes to WKU’s Campus
• Metcalf, Taylor. Hidden Gems – …

Uncle Tom's Cabin, Author Unknown, Howley Haviland And Dresser (New York)

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Cover: photo of African American couples performing a dance with traditional costumes; a photo inset of Leon W. Washburn; Publisher: Howley Haviland and Dresser (New York)

Swanee / Music By George Gershwin; Words By I. Caesar, George Gershwin, I. Caesar, T.B. Harms Francis Day And Hunter (New York)

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The Nation's Song / Words By J.M. Munyon And L.L.D., J. M. Munyon And L.L.D.

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Cover: scenes of patriotic drawings, in the middle a photo inset of; Publisher: M.D. Swisher (Philadelphia)

My Mother's Eyes / Music By Abel Baer; Words By Wolfe Gilbert, Abel Baer, Wolfe Gilbert, Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

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Cover Only. Cover: Photo of George Jessel; Publisher: Leo Feist Inc. (New York)

Keep Smiling At Trouble (Trouble's A Bubble) / Music By Lewis Gesler; Words By Al Jolnson And B.G. De Sylva, Lewis Gesler, Al Jolnson, B. G. Desylva, Harms Incorporated (New York)

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photo of Al Jolson; Publisher: Harms Incorporated (New York)

The Invitation Rag / Words By Les Copland, Les Copland, Jerome H. Remick And Co. (New York)

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Cover Only. Cover: photo of Les Copeland; Publisher: Jerome H. Remick and Co. (New York)

I Don't Care What You Used To Be (I Know What You Are Today) / Words By Dubin Al And Jimmy Mc Hugh, Dubin Al, Jimmy Mchugh, Jack Mills Inc. (New York)

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Cover: drawing of a Caucasian couple; photo inset of Ruth Wales and Doris Relyea; Publisher: Jack Mills Inc. (New York)

Home Sweet Home / Words By G.J. Webb, G. J. Webb

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Cover: drawing of a woman playing piano; text reads The Bromo-Seltzer Collection of 54 Popular Songs; Publisher: x

First Heart Throbs / Words By Richard Eilenberg, Richard Eilenberg, Deluxe Music Co. (New York)

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Cover: drawing of a girl and a boy sitting in the garden, holding hands; Publisher: DeLuxe Music Co. (New York)

Don't You Remember Or Ben Bolt / Music By Nelson Kneass; Words By Thomas Dunn English, Nelson Kneass, Thomas Dunn English, Dana T. Bennett Co. (New York)

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Cover: Photos of Gecko, Svengali and Trilby, Mme. Vinard, Little Billee- Taffy- The Laird, Angele and Zou-Zou; Text reads: as sung by Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry in the play of TRILBY; Publisher: Dana T. Bennett Co. (New York)

Don't Be Too Sure / Music By Henry R. Cohen; Words By Hal Billings, Henry R. Cohen, Hal Billings, Ell And Ell Publishing Co. (Los Angeles)

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Cover: Couple strolling arm in arm past a cupid figure sitting on a sign reading stop look listen; Publisher: Ell and Ell Publishing Co. (Los Angeles)

Comin' Thro' The Rye / Words By J. Parry, J. Parry

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Cover: a drawing of a woman playing piano; text reads: The Bromo-Seltzer Collection of 54 Popular Songs; Publisher: x

Celestial Voices / Words By Rose Morris, Rose Morris, F.B. Haviland (New York)

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Cover Only. Cover: drawing of Angels; Publisher: F.B. Haviland (New York)

After I'Ve Called You Sweetheart (How Can I Call You Friend) / Music By Jack Little Little; Words By Bernie Grossman, Little Jack Little, Bernie Grossman, Milton Weil Music Co. (Chicago)

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Cover Only. Cover: photo of Nick Lang and Geo. Voelk; Publisher: Milton Weil Music Co. (Chicago)

Old Folks At Home / Words By Stephen C. Foster, Stephen C. Foster, National Music Co. (Chicago)

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Cover: text at top reads Way down upon de Swanee Riber; Publisher: National Music Co. (Chicago)