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Kindred and Exchange Networks in a Black Community
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The Survival of Traditional Healing in a Contemporary Black Community
… Ethnomedicine's resonance with a perceived black world view may derive additional elements of its appeal. The logic of the cohort's allegiance to ethnomedicine challenges the depiction of ethnomedical believers as misguided or unsophisticated. Indeed, characteristics of ethnomedicine and of …
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The relevance of communications and its technology to the black community.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1974. B.S.
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LaVilla, Florida, 1866-1887: Reconstruction Dreams and the Formation of a Black Community
… which influenced the formation of an urban black community following the Civil War are examined in this study. Prior to the war, LaVilla, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida, was sparsely populated by wealthy white families. At war's end, freedmen seeking shelter and work took advantage of the …
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Power through Black community and unity: Examining processes of resilience among Black youth
Black youth and communities continuously demonstrate resilience to adverse life circumstances, including challenges such as gun violence. Gun violence—one form of community violence—is a public health issue that affects thousands of individuals, particularly Black youth; yet, they are able to …
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From Counterspaces to Community:A Qualitative Case Study Analysis of Black Community Making at a PWI
<p>This qualitative case study examined how Black college students build and maintain a sense of community at a predominantly white institution (PWI). Informed by relational sociological methodology and the conceptual framework of Black placemaking, this study foregrounded the nuanced process of …
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The Black Community in Waco, Texas : a study of place, family, and work, 1880-1900.
"The Black Community in Waco, Texas: A Study of Place, Family, and Work, 1880-1900," is a-local study which analyzes residential patterns, family structures, and occupational status of the city's black population in the late nineteenth century. Comparisons between 1880 and 1900 are made concerning …
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White Racial Identity Development and the Tenure Process of African American and Black Community College Faculty
… identities are increasing at predominantly white community colleges. The faculty is not diversifying at the same rate as the student population. The majority of faculty and administrators identify as White. The purpose of this study was to explore how White Racial Identity of White faculty and …
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Racism in the Gay Community and Homophobia in the Black Community: Negotiating the Gay Black Male Experience
… posed the question "How does racism in the gay community and homophobia in the Black community restrict gay Black male's life chances and life opportunities?" Previous research has uncovered racist attitudes within the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community as well as …
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Who Taught You to Hate Yourself?: The Racially Coded Language of Professionalism and its Detriment to the Black Community
… or committed discriminatory acts toward black people. In theory, color-blind ideology would help to eliminate racism by treating people equally without regard to race or ethnicity. In practice, colorblindness completely ignores the historical context of race in this country. Under the …
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From the Yonge Street Riot to the Carding Controversy: Policing and Surveilling the Black Community in Toronto, Canada, 1992-2016
… academics and activists have examined the Community Contacts Policy, also known as carding, as well as mass incarceration and the police shootings and killings of unarmed, young Black men. The Yonge Street Uprising and the carding controversy in Toronto serve as two case studies to explore …
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Uncovering Roots of Systemic Oppression Within Law Enforcement: A Qualitative Study Exploring Why Police Officers Discriminate Against The Black Community
… why police officers discriminate against the Black community.” Rationale for this study is to uncover behavior and psychological reasons to uncover why police discriminate and oppress the Black community with little consequences for their actions. The dominant explanation for this trend …
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A critical evaluation of organisations attempting to increase the number of chartered accountants from the black community in South Africa
… of qualified chartered accountants from the black community in South Africa. This research attempts to identify what factors have resulted in this shortage, what efforts are being made to address this imbalance by which organisations and what factors could be considered as critical to the …
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Strategies for black community economic development : a critical analysis of the economic development strategies of Circle Venture Capital Fund, Incorporated.
Thesis. 1975. M.C.P.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning.
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Can I Get an Amen? Central Florida Black Pastors' Perceptions of the Impact of the Black Church in the Black Community
… to answer the research question, “what do black pastors perceive as the role of the church in the black community?” I asked 20 Central Florida black pastors 17 questions, most of them open-ended, to determine their perceptions of the current black church. First, these pastors are dismayed …
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The Impact of Industrial Relocations From The Black Community of Chicago Upon Job Opportunities and Residential Mobility of The Central City Workforce
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The Impact of Poverty and Neighborhood Characterstics on the Mental Health and Parent-Child Closeness in the Black Community: The Protective Role of Black Cultural Strengths
… be detrimental to the mental health wellbeing of Black people. Yet, there is a lack of understanding of how, why, and for whom such factors impact the mental of the Black community. Using a sample of 1654 Black families from the Fragile Family and Child Wellbeing Study I investigated two models. …
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The Impact Of Poverty And Neighborhood Characterstics On The Mental Health And Parent-child Closeness In The Black Community: The Protective Role Of Black Cultural Strengths
… be detrimental to the mental health wellbeing of Black people. Yet, there is a lack of understanding of how, why, and for whom such factors impact the mental of the Black community. Using a sample of 1654 Black families from the Fragile Family and Child Wellbeing Study I investigated two models. …
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On an Unshakeable Foundation: An Archaeological Investigation of the Postemancipation Black Community of Bass Street, the Church They Built, and the Lasting Identity They Formed in Nashville, Tennessee
<p>The Bass Street Community lived along the northern base of St. Cloud Hill in Nashville, just below the Civil War-era Union fortification, Fort Negley. The fort was built and defended by conscripted free, enslaved, and self-emancipated Black/African Americans and soldiers from the U.S. Colored …
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