African-American attitudes toward higher education and their struggle with collective identity and the burden of "acting White"

This project explores the cultural shift from the value African- Americans during the time of Washington and DuBois placed on industrial and higher education to the value placed by contemporary African- Americans. This cultural shift is linked to African-American collective identity and the contemporary burden of "acting White." In an effort to understand the severity of the cultural shift, this project explores the debate between Washington and DuBois, explores how collective identity was formed within African-American culture, and provides a possible solution to eliminating the contemporary burden of "acting White" through cultural pluralism.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Alabama Libraries

Year dc:date.issued

2009

Author dc:creator

• Cope, Frederick LaRon

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Manora, Yolanda M.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Giggie, John Michael
• Young, Robert M.

• Literature, General

Statement dc:rights

• All rights reserved by the author unless otherwise indicated.

Language dc:language.iso

en_US, English

Dc Identifier Other

u0015_0000001_0000104
Cope_alatus_0004M_10095

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ir.ua.edu:123456789/611