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The Flint Water Crisis and the Perpetuation of Environmental Racism in Flint, Michigan (2014–2018) Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-09-09 Olugbenga Okunade
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Vicarious Discrimination Through Spouses and Mental Health Among Middle-Aged Black Adults Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Myles D. Moody, Olivio J. Clay, Raegan W. Durant
The goal of this work was to examine the relationship between vicarious exposures to major discrimination through the adverse experiences of spouses and mental health among middle-aged and older Black adults. The present study used data from the Nashville Stress and Health Study to investigate the relationship between spousal discrimination and depressive and anxiety symptoms among a subsample of Black
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Forging Bonds: Restorative Justice Approaches for African American Communities Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-08-31 Grace Rood, Precious Skinner-Osei
This conceptual paper delves into the intricate landscape of restorative justice within African American communities. In addition to addressing immediate conflicts, the paper sheds light on the broader context of historical and systemic injustices that have significantly impacted African Americans and their communities. By examining various restorative justice modalities, the paper seeks to clarify
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Our Founders’ Fears: The Roots of the Criminalization of African Americans Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-27 Charles W. Davis
The origin of the criminalization of African Americans is often considered to be the period after the Civil War with the passage of a series of repressive laws called the Black Codes. However, I argue that the progenitor of this criminalization originated over 80 years earlier during the Founding Era, particularly following the British royal governor of Virginia’s proclamation in 1775 that promised
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“The Jim Crow Army Must Have a Scapegoat”: Justice, Cowardice, and the Court Martial of Lieutenant Leon Gilbert (Korea, 1950) Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-20 Chris Dixon, Jessica Johnson
The story of Lieutenant Leon Gilbert—a Black United States Army officer court-martialed during the Korean War—challenged the United States’ self-declared postwar mission to free oppressed peoples across the world, while continuing to subjugate African Americans at home. Although many critics judged Gilbert’s refusal to return to battle as an act of cowardice, others viewed him as a victim, and even
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Slavery’s Afterlife in Black Education: Foucauldian Architectonics and the Discourse of Racial Surveillance and Pedagogy Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-13 Jeremy Dennis
Increasingly, theories of signification are introduced to advance fugitive pedagogy in black education, digital culture, and beyond. However, scholars seldom question the dialogic thinking that substantiates many of these positions. Nonetheless, the algorithms and agents that control advanced technology and digitalization continue to trouble many of our presuppositions about Bakhtinian dialogism and
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Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Improves Well-being in Healthy Black Women: A Pilot Study Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-06-04 Cortnie L. Hartwig, Natalie N. Watson-Singleton, Eternity D. Ballour, Cynthia S. Belfleur, Vanessa A. Eaton, Lorelle A. Logan, Brijuan N. Phillips, Faith A. Shannon, Kai M. McCormack
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Acceptability and Feasibility of a Pilot Multifamily Group Intervention for Fostering Positive Racial Identity Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-24 Nana Asabere, Elizabeth Finer, Stephanie Cherestal
Adolescence represents a critical period of development for forming a sense of self. Though many studies have focused on the negative effects of racism and discrimination on the identity development of Black youth, little research has been conducted on the protective nature of culture and racial socialization. Fewer studies describe interventions for healthy racial socialization. This study seeks to
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Psychiatric Disorders among African Americans and the Intersection of Personal and Familial Incarceration Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-22 Ryan D. Talbert, Junlan Ren, Dongni Liu
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Racial Attitudes Towards Criminal Justice Policy Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-15 Anthony D. Greene
The present study examined the intersection of race and attitudes toward crime and criminal justice policies. Using the Kinder Houston Area Survey, findings revealed some surprising similarities, but also significant differences between the three largest racial categories sampled: Black/African American, Hispanic, and White. Political affiliation, social class, and educational attainment were the primary
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Estranged Relations: African American Student Experiences with University Police on a Predominantly White Campus Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-14 William R. Turner, Robert Dobmeier, Kara Hiltz, Chelsea Hunt, Carina Chanthabandith, Anthony Silsby, Madison Ross
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“Waging a Battle for First Class Citizenship”: Black Women, Beauty Advertisements, and the Horror of Inequity Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-05-11 Leah Tonnette Gaines, Veda Massanari-Thatcher
Set in 1950s Chicago, episode 5 of horror and sci-fi series, Lovecraft Country, followed Ruby Baptiste, a full-figured and dark skinned Black woman. Because of her race, Ruby was unable to get a job. However, after she ingested a magic potion that painfully transformed her into a thin White woman, the hiring manager of an upscale department store offered White woman Ruby a supervisory role. Passing
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The Disproportionate Use of Corporal Punishment on African American Children in U.S. Schools Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Kahlil Green, Devron Dickens, Dawn Thurman, Laurens G. Van Sluytman
The United States Supreme Court ruled School Corporal Punishment (SCP) constitutional, legalizing the practice in 19 states. Annually, approximately 163,333 students are subject to this practice, and 57,000 incidents involve African American students. Moreover, the lack of Federal advocacy and public knowledge of this social problem is more likely linked to SCP mainly practiced in southern states.
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African American Heritage and Legacy: Implications on the Current Armed Forces Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Dwayne M. Butler, Sarah W. Denton
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Black Women in the Ivory Tower: Institutional Oppression and Intersectionality Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-17 Injung Lee, Eunae Han
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Exploring the Discipline Gap: Is School Bonding Protective Against Suspension for Black Girls? Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Alexia Angton
A growing body of literature has shown that Black girls are disciplined at disproportionate rates compared to their peers. However, less is known about factors that may protect Black girls from experiencing exclusionary discipline. Utilizing a critical quantitative methodology and guided by critical race feminism and social bonding theories, I conducted logistic regression analyses using data from
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Racial Identity Profiles and Indicators of Well-Being in Suicidal African American Women Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-21 Jonathan C. Blassingame, Natalie N. Watson-Singleton, Josephine Au, Yara Mekawi, Ciera B. Lewis, Nadiya L. Ferdinand, Taylor E. Wilson, Sarah E. Dunn, Nadine J. Kaslow
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“Exploring Your Family Roots”: The Association Between Tracing Family Roots and Psychological Well-Being among African Americans Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-13 Harvey L. Nicholson
This study addresses the question of whether there is an association between tracing family roots and indicators of psychological well-being among African Americans, specifically self-esteem, mastery, and feelings of hopelessness. Data from a nationally representative sample of African Americans was used for this analysis. The findings of the bivariate regression models showed that having traced one’s
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The Productive Possibilities of black-ish: An “Honest” View of Black Middle Classness in the Domestic Sitcom Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Gretta Blackwell
Upon its premiere in 2014, ABC’s black-ish introduced network television audiences to a unique representation of Black middle-class (BMC) life that defies existing norms in the genre of domestic situation comedy. To make sense of the significant cultural work the series performs, this article introduces a new framework for categorizing how we understand televisual representations of Black middle classness—through
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400 Years? Ancestors Disappear! Historical Misorientation and Disorientation in the Year of Return and the 400 Years Narrative Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-01 Ọbádélé Kambon, Lwanga Songsore, Joseph Aketema
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Burnout Among the Millennial Generation Working Within a Helping Field Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-01 DeAvila S. Ford
Millennials are the burnout generation. To understand the multiple components connected to burnout in the millennial generation, specifically those working in a helping field, and how to combat burnout symptoms, the researcher interviewed eight participants in various careers. A qualitative, phenomenological research design was utilized through a Zoom interview of ten questions. The interviews were
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Relational Help-Seeking Among Newlywed African American Couples Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Kadija S. Mussa, Zamzam Dini, Chalandra M. Bryant
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Seeking Counseling Services: A Phenomenological Study of African American Women Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 LaToya D. Smith, Casey A. Barrio Minton, LaKaavia Taylor, Eric W. Price
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Career Mobility For Black Professionals: Mentorship as an Underground Railroad Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-29 Duane A. Williams, Rahjaun Gordon, Pearl Stewart
Career mobility for Black individuals may appear individualistic, ignoring the collectivistic endeavor involved to achieve success. This qualitative study explored participants’ mentorship relationships, analogous to the underground railroad system, as it relates to navigating their careers. Participants, who are Black professionals in various career fields, detailed how the support provided by their
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Exploring the Relationship Between Faculty Mentor Engagement and African American STEM Persistence Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Pheather R. Harris, Barry Nagle
This quantitative study explores factors associated with the persistence rates of African American students aspiring to major in STEM subjects and who ultimately complete undergraduate STEM degrees. The primary data source for this study is the Cooperative Institutional Research Program’s 2009 The Freshman Survey (TFS) and the 2013 College Senior Survey (CSS). The sample included 379 African American
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Gideon Edward Smith: The Player and Coach Who Gave Meaning to Black College Football, 1892–1942 Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-19 Marvin T. Chiles
This article argues for Gideon Edward Smith’s admission into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was the first black football player at Michigan State University, contributing to football’s popularity among black men in the early twentieth century. As a coach at Hampton Institute, Smith built the first black football powerhouse program in the 1920s. Smith was also black football’s first apologist
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Ain’t No Achievement Gap: Anti-Literacy Laws and the Literacy Divide Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-16 David L. Sandles
Well-known in educational circles is the terminology that encapsulates the achievement discrepancy between white and Black students. The so-called achievement gap, the signature language used to represent the different achievement levels, challenges educators everywhere to find best practices to attend to the needs and interests of Black students. With dubious beginnings, the achievement gap arguably
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Life Stress, Depression, and Religious Coping Among Low-Income African American Women Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 Ivonne Andrea Florez, Natalie N. Watson-Singleton, Jennifer P. Wootten, Rachel Hershenberg, Avante J. Smack, Sarah E. Dunn, Nadine J. Kaslow
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Using Nail Salons, Beauty Spas, and Hair Salons for Health Education with Black Women Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-16 Ashlee Dixon, Eldria Earls, Maya Handberry, Brianna Moon, Lindsay Smith, Krista Mincey
A historical lack of access to healthcare and the mistreatment of Black women among those in the medical field have contributed to the health disparities against this group today. Based on existing health disparities affecting Black women, this study examined the feasibility of using nail salons, beauty salons, and hair salons as an avenue for health education efforts for Black women. An online survey
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Race and Poverty Deconcentration Initiatives: The Salience of Race in Subsidized Housing Redevelopment in Chicago Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-08 Cameron Williams, Twyla Blackmond-Larnell, April Eddie
Various programs and policies have been implemented to deal with concentrated poverty, especially in public housing developments located in urban centers across the nation (Goetz, 2003). The programs aim to move public housing residents to lower-poverty areas or to bring in higher-income individuals when the developments are redeveloped into mixed-income communities. Numerous studies that assess poverty
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Afrofuturistic Reconstruction in Toni Morrison’s Paradise Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-05-05 Maryam AL-Shawaf, Mahmoud Zidan
Toni Morrison’s Paradise (1997) is a contemporary African American novel that has often been interpreted as either utopian, dystopian, or a gothic piece of literature. Scrutinizing the non-linearity of time in Paradise and connecting it to the historical events at the time the novel was written, we wish to highlight Morrison’s criticism of Eurocentric utopian traditions. Furthermore, we emphasize Morrison’s
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What If Race Was For Real For Real Real? How I Would Teach It Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Daudi Ajani ya Azibo
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Cultivating Social Justice Citizens: Practicing Reformed Democratic Deliberation, Dissent, and Counternarrative in the Classroom Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-29 Elsheika Pennerman
The recent surge in debates and legislation banning Critical Race Theory and other curricular reform that require reflection on historical racial injustices have challenged students and educators to live double lives. The exclusion of public discourse on social and political matters from the classroom further encourages the notion of educational institutions as silos of society encased in a thick glass
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Striking the Tip of an Iceberg: A Critical Analysis of School Discipline and African American Special Education Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Andrew Payne, Shaun Burr
The purpose of this literature review is to discuss past histories regarding minority groups and their disproportionate representation in special education. Data consistently illustrates African American students are among the highest disproportionately represented in special education. This racial gap extends beyond African American students and includes Hispanic and American Indians. A consistent
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Re-Conceptualizing the Black Student Movement in the Black Activist-Intellectual Tradition: A Case Study in Los Angeles, 1965–1975 Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-20 M. Keith Claybrook
This article examines Black student activism in the context of the Black activist-intellectual tradition. It explores activism as a form of learning. Examining the Black Student Movement in Los Angeles from 1965 to 1975 in the context of student engagement and high impact educational practices reveals that (1) it is appropriate to analyze the Black Student Movement, and related social movements, in
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ReAfricanizing for Black Student Success: The Maroon Model Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Kofi LeNiles, Kmt G. Shockley
This study of a Maroon community (MC) is focused on culturally centered educational practices and the need to transmit an African-oriented culture to Black students to increase educational and cultural relevance. We wanted to know what can be drawn from MC that may have utility for Black children in the USA. The findings include the need for teaching that reconceptualizes socialization processes for
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Passionate Love: A Study of Older African American Couples Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Kadija S. Mussa, Chalandra M. Bryant, Doneila McIntosh
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Reassessing Non-economic Benefits: the Black Metropolis and Regional Variation in Blacks’ Cultural Expression Employment Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Robert L. Boyd
Addressing issues overlooked in previous research, the present study examines regional variation in blacks’ opportunities to become artists, musicians, entertainers, and writers in the early twentieth-century USA. Census data analyses show that blacks’ odds of employment in these cultural expression occupations were substantially similar in the respective Black Metropolises of the North, Border region
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Only the Ques Would Debate Malcolm X: the Civil Rights Movement’s Big Six and the Safe Distance at Which They Kept America’s Foremost Militant Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Judson L. Jeffries
This article examines the relationship between the Honorable Minister Malcolm X and the modern Civil Rights Movement’s Big Six. Despite being experienced orators and highly educated champions of Black people, the dedicated soldiers that comprised the Big Six not only vehemently disagreed with Malcolm X’s position on self-defense but also refused to debate him on the merits of a nonviolent strategy
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Africana Digital Pedagogy: Cultural Exchange, Learning, and Innovation Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-02-02 Clarence George, Shingi Mavima, Ja’ La Wourman
This project was created to illuminate the role and value of digital platforms for the Africana community. This research project was exploratory in that the primary researchers had an unclear idea of how the collected response provided by the participants would correlate and interact with the general hypothesis of Africana digital pedagogy (ADP). We surveyed 56 individuals from different segments of
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The Student Strike that Won Ethnic Studies and Black Student College Admissions Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-28 Kitty Kelly Epstein, Bernard Stringer
This article explores the student strike which won Ethnic Studies and Black college student admissions. The San Francisco State Strike of 1968 which shut down the campus for five months was unique in its vision, its intensity, its class composition, its strategies, and its relationship to both the Black community and non-Black student organizations. The event is significant because the creation of
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Kukumirwa Semombe Dzamavhu: When Voices Begin to Erupt from Bottoms, African Anthropology Becomes Colonial Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Artwell Nhemachena
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New Immigration Policy Proposal (NIPP) for America. Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-07 Charles E Campbell
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"It’s a Job Living Here": A Qualitative Exploration of Information Motivation and Behavioral Skills (IMB) Related to Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Among Middle-class African Americans Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Erica C. Spears, Idethia S. Harvey, Caryn N. Bell, Jeffrey J. Guidry
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“Warring” Ideals: Black Citizenship and the Struggle for Inclusion in the USA Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-01-05 Denise N. Obinna
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“They Lived There because They Were Poor and Black”: Spatial Injustice in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-11-04 Paola A. Nardi
This essay aims to investigate the function of urban space in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye through the approach proposed by cultural geographers, such as Edward Soja, David Harvey, and Don Mitchell, who link space with questions of justice/injustice. At the same time, the essay considers some valuable insights of Black Geographies scholars like George Lipsitz, who argues that an analysis of the relations
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Afro-European Pan-Africanism: A Twenty-First Century Black Europeans’ Mobilizations Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Omar Dieng
When Pan-Africanism is not historicized by reflecting on its beginning towards the mid-twentieth century, its nowness is usually attached to the African continent. In other words, a twenty-first-century understanding of Pan-Africanism remains exclusively tied to the African continent, specifically leaving out Afro-diasporic subjects and even more so Afro-Europeans. In this paper, I provide reasons
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How the Jezebel Stereotype has been Weaponized Against Black Girls and Made Them Vulnerable to Sex Trafficking: An Examination of Carceral Public Systems Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Jacquelyn C. A. Meshelemiah
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Black Critical Theory in Action: Analyzing the Specificity of (Anti)Blackness Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-27 Bakari A. Wallace
Given authors’ Michael Dumas and kihana m. ross’ delineation of Black critical theory in the field of education, also referred to as BlackCrit, I extend this framework to areas of community practice to demonstrate its practical value for interpreting the mechanics of black social life beyond the discipline of education. To underscore its value as both a theoretical and analytical framework, mirroring
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A Statistical Representation of the Inequities Encountered by African Americans Living in Atlanta During COVID: A Time for Action Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-20 John M. Trimboli
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Black People Narrate Inequalities in Healthcare Systems that Hinder COVID-19 Vaccination: Evidence from the USA and the UK Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Ifeanyichukwu Anthony Ogueji, Benie McDenisa Demoko Ceccaldi, Maia Makeda Okoloba, May Maloba, Adebayo O. Adejumo, Olabanjo O. Ogunsola
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is an unprecedented global health emergency. As a novel condition, there is no known definitive treatment for the condition, except for the use of vaccines as a control measure. In the literature, the issue of inequalities in healthcare systems has been documented as a hindrance to COVID-19 vaccination; however, the specific inequalities in healthcare
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African American Women’s Representations on Television Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-08-12 Tia C. M. Tyree, Aisha Powell
Despite advances in technology that have eliminated or drastically reduced the impact of some traditional media in the US society, television has largely adapted from a small selection of traditional networks like ABC, CBS, and NBC to hundreds of cable networks and online streaming platforms, including Netflix and Hulu. The objective of this study was to explore the prevailing stereotypes within African
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Internalized Racism and Gendered Colorism Among African Americans: a Study of Intragroup Bias, Perceived Discrimination, and Psychological Well-being Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-07-02 Trinity Alexander, Michele M. Carter
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White Supremacy’s Horcrux and Why the Black Power Movement Almost Destroyed It Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-06-29 Marcus D. Watson
Written to recapture the original purpose of Africana Studies, this analytic essay starts with an observation of US social movements of the 1950s and 1960s. Our culture highlights that which is associated with the classical Civil Rights Movement, when Africans called themselves Negro and freedom was equated with integrating into white society. What is left silent or disparaged is the subsequent Black
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Academics with Clay Feet? Anthropological Perspectives on Academic Freedom in Twenty-First Century African Universities Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-06-13 Artwell Nhemachena, Munyaradzi Mawere
Clay feet are heavy and disabling, sadly in the decolonial scholarly battlefield which otherwise requires all-weather feet suitable for ongoing battles. Drawing on autoethnographic experiences in some African universities and drawing on Melanesian cargo cults, this paper argues that to decolonise Africa, African academics should abate cargo cult mentalities which account for pathological and uncritical
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Agency, Growth, and Ownership on African Soil: an SFL Analysis of a World History Textbook Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-05-24 Kanushri Wadhwa
The persistent narratives favoring dominant groups make it necessary to investigate the way these groups are portrayed in textbooks, which though they are meant to provide neutral information, often have an agenda that disempowers individuals from marginalized groups. This systemic functional linguistics text analysis of 362 passages of a world history textbook’s sections on African participants asks
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How does Maya Angelou perceive the African female body? Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-05-16 Hanaa Khalifa, Bacem A. Essam
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Marriage as a Factor in Self-determination for West African Women Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-05-05 Pearl Stewart, Harshi Shah, Kani Diop
Using qualitative methodology, 49 West African immigrants were interviewed for this study. This study examined the ways in which marriage influenced the lives of West African women. Analysis of these data supported the continued importance of marriage in the lives of West African Women, specifically, it revealed marriage as (1) a key to female identity; (2) a pathway to motherhood; and (3) a mechanism
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Fire Shut Up in My Bones: The Opera Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-30 Joy McCorriston,Judson L. Jeffries
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Liberate Your Mind: Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah’s Influence on Contemporary Pan-African Consciousness in the USA Journal of African American Studies (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2022-03-23 Mjiba Frehiwot, Chy McGhee, Harriet Boateng Aduako
This article interrogates the influence of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah on the development of contemporary Pan-African consciousness in the USA. The research occurred between December 2018 and January 2020 in Accra Ghana, Washington, DC, and the San-Francisco Bay Area. The study included in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, and participatory observation at Pan-African events such as Kwanzaa, PANAFEST