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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"African American athletes"”.
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Overcoming Educational Stratification: Effect of Athletic Status and Race on Odds of Graduating at Western Kentucky University
… athlete can eliminate the effect of being African American on graduation, which is generally negative and can be seen in lower graduation rates for African Americans compared to other populations. Using a data set that included 18,966 students, logistic regression was used to assess: 1) the …
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You Can’t Have Black Power without Green Power:The Black Economic Union
… became prominent in the late 1960s, numerous African American scholars and activists also promoted “Green Power;” the belief that Blacks needed to become involved in the economic infrastructure of America in order to improve their lives and their communities. This dissertation …
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An Examination of Student-Ahtletes' Perceptions of Their Academic Abilities
A common stereotype in our society is that athletes are not as capable of performing well academically as their non-athlete counterparts; they are “dumb jocks”. Do athletes feel that others have lower expectations of them academically? This is important because previous research in education has …
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Racial discrimination in the Big Ten Athletic Conference sports of football and basketball
1 PDF file (iv, 75 leaves ; 28 cm)
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Jim Crow in the big house: The benching of Willis Ward and the rise of segregation in the north
… North. The scrutiny of incidents involving black athletes at northern institutions has provided empirical evidence to buttress the certainty that the North, like the South, also engaged in or capitulated to the practice of discriminating against blacks. In many cases, black athletes at …
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Athlete and Coach Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Sickle Cell Trait and National Collegiate Athletic Association Mandated Testing: Recommendations for Intervention
… sickle cell trait testing in all Division I athletes unless documented results of a prior test are provided to the institution or the student-athlete declines the test and signs a written release. It is well-documented that in the United States, Sickle Cell Disease/Sickle Cell Trait primarily …