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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Value of Learning and Self-Improvement in Twentieth Century African-American Autobiography

Abstract

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"This study chronicled and examined the educational patterns of African-American professionals, entertainers, political leaders/activists and athletes born in the twentieth century in order to determine the familia, social and cultural contexts of African-American educational values and beliefs. The main research question was: ""What are the educational values, beliefs and experiences of African-Americans and how are these values, beliefs and experiences portrayed in twentieth century African-American autobiography?"" The various African-American autobiographies were used as a lens to examine and recount the individual's educational values, beliefs and experiences along with their various accomplishments, their family's educational values and beliefs, their community's educational values and beliefs, and the educational values and beliefs of the larger African-American society."

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Hilton, Louis Randolph, III
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Anderson, James D.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI9912265
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/80282

Chain of custody

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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
Source record
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citation

Hilton, Louis Randolph, III. The Value of Learning and Self-Improvement in Twentieth Century African-American Autobiography. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/80282