Black faculty, staff, and students are experiencing anti-Blackness in higher education that is deeply rooted in the racialized legacy of the United States. The roots and effects of anti-Blackness, afro-pessimism, and Afrofuturism were investigated. Scholars argue Black existence is imagined and acted upon through the historic lens of the…

African American males' mathematics identity has often been researched in relation to their White peers, from a Eurocentrically prescribed researcher presentation of achievement and in retrospect to the time frame being studied. Thus, their experience has often been framed negatively and from a resiliency stance. This qualitative study adds to the…

This study examined the influence of cultural resources (ethnic identity, Afrocentric worldview, and religiosity) on suicidal thoughts and behaviors among Black college students and the role of personal resources (ego resiliency and optimism) as mediators of this link. Data collected from 257 participants were analyzed. A bivariate correlational…

In September 2009, the Toronto District School Board opened a publicly funded Africentric alternative school that today serves a population of about 135 students. While the founding of the eponymous school was the result of successful advocacy on the part of African-Canadian communities in the city, it was met with controversy. Readily observed in…

This phenomenological study explores how African-American female administrators (individually and collectively) perceive the relationship between their identity and their leadership voice. The study focuses upon perceptions of 11 African-American female administrators who serve the 14 main campuses of the universities constituting the Pennsylvania…