{"title":"Our School: Searching for Community in the Era of Choice by Sam Chaltain (review)","authors":"Justice T. Walker","doi":"10.5860/choice.185225","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.185225","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39914,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Negro Education","volume":"68 1","pages":"460 - 462"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89437365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
K. Smith, Barbara Boakye, Dawn G. Williams, L. Fleming
{"title":"The Exploration of how Identity Intersectionality Strengthens STEM Identity for Black Female Undergraduates attending a Historically Black College and University (HBCU)","authors":"K. Smith, Barbara Boakye, Dawn G. Williams, L. Fleming","doi":"10.7709/jnegroeducation.88.3.0407","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7709/jnegroeducation.88.3.0407","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This study examined the impact of racial and gender intersectionality on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) identity development and the academic achievement of Black female STEM undergraduates attending an HBCU. Research has demonstrated that the intersection of race and gender are likely to subject Black women to prejudice and ostracism in STEM disciplines. Data revealed that Black women experienced racial and gender intersectionality, but that quantitative findings demonstrated a decrease in Black racial centrality and private regard over time. Qualitative reports suggested otherwise. Further research must be done to understand the differences between the quantitative and qualitative findings.","PeriodicalId":39914,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Negro Education","volume":"30 1","pages":"407 - 418"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78931886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Exploratory Quantitative Study Comparing and Correlating Parental Factors with Environmental Science Achievement for Black American and Black Caribbean Students in a Mid-Atlantic State","authors":"P. Pinder, G. Prime, Jonathan Wilson","doi":"10.7709/JNEGROEDUCATION.83.1.0049","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7709/JNEGROEDUCATION.83.1.0049","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of parental factors on the environmental science performance of Black Caribbean and Black American students in a Mid-Atlantic U.S. state. The study employed two instruments: (a) a student background questionnaire and (b) an environmental science teacher designed test. The instruments were administered to grade 12 students, of which 79% were African Americans and 21% Afro-Caribbeans. A correlational design was used and results compared for the groups. Results revealed that Black Caribbean students outperformed Black American students and parents’ discussion of school progress and assistance with homework were some of the factors that significantly correlated with students’ achievement. Moreover, findings suggest the positive impact of the migration of first-generation Black Caribbean immigrants to the U.S. may be influencing their children’s academic success.","PeriodicalId":39914,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Negro Education","volume":"411 1","pages":"49 - 60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79001625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Raised Up Down Yonder: Growing Up Black in Rural Alabama by Angela McMillian Howell (review)","authors":"R. Goings, Larry Walker","doi":"10.5860/choice.51-6369","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.51-6369","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39914,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Negro Education","volume":"22 1","pages":"609 - 610"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75087955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Toward a Black Radical Independent Education: Black Radicalism, Independence and the Supplementary School Movement","authors":"Kehinde Andrews","doi":"10.7709/JNEGROEDUCATION.83.1.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7709/JNEGROEDUCATION.83.1.0005","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Black Radicalism believes in the centrality of racism to Western imperialism and a Diasporic commitment to the liberation of Africa; existing in distinction to Black Nationalism, Marxism and Critical Race Theory. A Black radical critique of schooling is presented and the mischaracterizations of Black Radicalism as segregationist and separatist are examined. Black independent education is a necessary feature of Black Radicalism and the Black supplementary schools movement in Britain exists as a potential space where such an education can be developed.","PeriodicalId":39914,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Negro Education","volume":"20 1","pages":"14 - 5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77950794","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Salika Lawrence, Tabora A. Johnson, Chiyedza Small
{"title":"Watering our own lawn: Exploring the Impact of a Collaborative Approach to Recruiting African Caribbean STEM Majors into Teaching","authors":"Salika Lawrence, Tabora A. Johnson, Chiyedza Small","doi":"10.7709/jnegroeducation.88.3.0391","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7709/jnegroeducation.88.3.0391","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Case study methods were used to examine the implementation and process used to recruit STEM majors of color into teaching. This article describes a one-year pilot designed to recruit biology majors into teaching. Analyses of the meeting minutes, as well as focus group, and field notes, and participants’ reflections revealed that mentorship was an important aspect of the program. Results also show STEM majors of color who decide to pursue teaching, experience internal conflict from tensions about whether to fulfill their family’s goal of a career in medicine. Consequently, recruitment initiatives that target STEM majors of color should consider the cultural and identity shifts necessary to transition from being a STEM major to a teacher candidate.","PeriodicalId":39914,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Negro Education","volume":"97 1","pages":"391 - 406"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77229642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Peer Support and STEM Success for One African American Female Engineer","authors":"S. Watkins, F. Mensah","doi":"10.7709/jnegroeducation.88.2.0181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7709/jnegroeducation.88.2.0181","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This research used counter-storytelling, a critical race theory methodology, to chronicle the lived experiences of one African American female PhD engineer as she recounted her undergraduate, master's, and doctoral STEM experiences at three postsecondary institutions. Using interviews and narrative to capture her first-hand perspective as a woman engineer of color, peer support was revealed as a dominant factor in her attainment of a PhD in engineering. The two counter-stories presented are related to positive and negative peer support in STEM. These narratives serve as valid evidence for one woman's experiences in STEM and emphasize the role of race and racism on peer networks and STEM success. Though showing this one case, the findings have implications for how higher education institutions can provide structures where supportive peer networks can emerge to support women of color and students of color in STEM.","PeriodicalId":39914,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Negro Education","volume":"26 1","pages":"181 - 193"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86288078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pre-service Teachers’ Perceptions of Culturally Responsive Teacher Preparation","authors":"Dawn T. Lambeth, Ann-Marie Smith","doi":"10.7709/JNEGROEDUCATION.85.1.0046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7709/JNEGROEDUCATION.85.1.0046","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Pre-service teachers begin their student teaching experience with the intention of helping students advance through the school system. This experience challenges student teachers on a variety of levels specifically in the area of culturally responsive teaching. As schools become increasingly diverse, there is a need for teachers to acquire new knowledge and skills in an attempt to ensure they are prepared to teach all children effectively. This case study provides an in-depth perspective on the difficulties perceived by pre-service teachers. Results of this study suggest there is more work to be done in preparing teachers to work with students whose race, culture and socioeconomic background may be different than the pre-service teachers and mentors responsible for teaching students in schools.","PeriodicalId":39914,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Negro Education","volume":"399 1","pages":"46 - 58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84843633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Black Megachurch Culture: Models for Education and Empowerment by Sandra L. Barnes (review)","authors":"Antonio L. Ellis","doi":"10.5860/choice.49-0213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.49-0213","url":null,"abstract":"Black Megachurch Culture: Models for Education and Empowerment, by Sandra L. Barnes. New York: Peter Lang, 2010, $26.00, 198 pp., paperback. Sandra L. Bames takes us through a four-year in depth systematic empirical study delineating the plight of the \"Black Megachurch\", and it's deeply rooted connects to education and community empowerment. The term \"mega\" is defined as a church who averages at least 2,000 attendees per week. As part of the introduction, she explains the historical connections between education, the Black community, and the Black church. Chapter 1, \"The Black Megachurch Phenomenon: Influences, Challenges, and Responses\" describes common features of the Black megachurch to be: Black, charismatic senior pastors; multiple, energetic, high-tech weekend worship services; televised broadcasts; and, cafeteriastyle programs. These churches are said to be consumers of wealth. According to Schaller (2000), \"consumerism has changed the rules of the game\" (p. 1 7), meaning churches have become consumed with large congregations and buildings. Megachurches are typically populated by educated middle- and upper-class Blacks who feel that smaller Black churches are inadequate. This feeling of inadequacy tends to be \"self-centered,\" which is contrary to the traditions of the Black Church. Traditionally, the Black Church has been a cornerstone for sustaining organizations and members who faced challenges and circumstances beyond their control (Barnes, 2005). Pattillo-McCoy's (1998) ethnographic study contends that the Black Church was designed to combat social problems such as drugs, gangs, and crime. In this chapter, the author sought to contextualize church efforts to address some pressing challenges within the Black community. Chapter 2, \"Church Culture in Real Time: Worship as an Educational Tool\" describes the language, culture, and performances that are expected when one enters a megachurch building. In addition to the constrained traditional verbiage such as \"halleluiah,\" \"praise the lord,\" and \"amen,\" other terminology is employed such as \"bling bling,\" \"bootylicious,\" and \"chillaxing,\" which are extensions of the hip-hop and popular culture. These terms are considered as ways to engage and entice youths into being active participants in the worship experience. In light of her ethnographical studies, the author eludes to the notion that Black megachurches attribute their large edifices to excellence. She says, \"Large sanctuaries, technological gadgetry, coffee shops, and praise dancers may seem ostentatious to outsiders, but are common features expected by members\" (p. 62). For a few hours per week, congregants are exposed to various images such as acacia wood floors; multiple elevators similar to those found in office buildings; 75-person usher board contingencies in tailored suits; ministerial staff in color-coordinated attire; 100-voice mass choirs; and flamboyant senior pastors. Unfortunately, most people who occupy seats in these cong","PeriodicalId":39914,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Negro Education","volume":"7 1","pages":"97 - 99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87388564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Strengths of High-Achieving Black High School Students in a Racially Diverse Setting","authors":"Kris Marsh, Cassandra D. Chaney, Derrick Jones","doi":"10.7709/JNEGROEDUCATION.81.1.0039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7709/JNEGROEDUCATION.81.1.0039","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Robert Hill (1972) identified strengths of Black families: strong kinship bonds, strong work orientation, adaptability of family roles, high achievement orientation, and religious orientation. Some suggest these strengths sustain the physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of Blacks. This study used narratives and survey data from a cohort of high-achieving Black students in a highly selective honors high school and integrated every element of Hill's Black family strengths-perspective to social/structural inequality and diversity rationale ideologies. Results revealed, upon entering the racially diverse school-setting, Black students demonstrated resilience by working through initial feelings of apprehension and establishing racial and gender solidarity through social clubs. Implications for promoting racial integration, development of resiliency, and the academic success of Black students are provided.","PeriodicalId":39914,"journal":{"name":"The Journal of Negro Education","volume":"72 1","pages":"39 - 51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77702785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}