The causal-comparative research study examined if academic achievement differs between African American 8th-grade students in schools where they constitute the majority versus the minority in Clarendon County, South Carolina. The research questions investigated 8th-grade African American students' academic performance in English Language Arts and…

The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that motivate effective teachers to remain in their high-needs, predominantly Black schools. Data shows that schools enrolling majority populations of low-income students of color experience high teacher attrition rates, which contribute to scarcities in the workforce. These scarcities often…

Based on a case study of two majority-Black public high schools in a highly segregated American school district, the article employs a critical intersectional framework to examine the experiences of ten college-aspiring young Black men as they navigate the college choice process. Findings indicate that working-class Black male students are less…

Culturally responsive pedagogy is a dynamic approach shown to be effective when attempting to increase learning opportunities for racially minoritized groups, particularly African-Americans. While there is a growing amount of evidence suggesting teachers incorporate cultural characteristics, experiences, and perspectives of ethnically diverse…

The present study investigated the perceptions of upper elementary and high school general education teachers towards special education programming and whether they felt prepared to meet the needs of students with Individualized Education Plans. The literature review provided a comprehensive synthesis of existing research on the topic researched,…

The purpose of this study was to investigate if there is a relationship between school accountability ratings and levels of cultural connectivity of teachers, especially White teachers, employed in HBSD schools. HBSD public schools in Mississippi with an MDE performance rating of A, B, D, or F for the 2018-2019 school year were examined in this…

The research question asked in this paper is: "How can white activists working within person of color led food justice organizations examine their own privilege to more effectively support and contribute to food justice work?" The topics of literature used to inform this study were Whiteness Education/Anti-Racism, Food Justice,…

This article examines Black parents' efforts to establish and secure quality education for their children in antebellum Boston, Massachusetts. It situates the African School, a Black-owned cultural institution, within Black nationalist politics and reveals how the schoolhouse became a site of political tension between Black Bostonians and the…

Building on the work of sociologist Arlie Hochschild (1979, 1983), studies have shown that Black people and other people of color engage in more emotion work than their White counterparts in predominantly White settings (Wingfield 2010, 2019). Although we know much about the way in which emotion work is gendered and how emotion work can be…

This dissertation explores everyday interactions and opportunities for teachers and families to collaborate in spite of forces that often put Black families and schools at odds in one predominantly Black elementary school. I examine interactions among Black families and teachers to consider how organizational norms, values, and routines influence…

Bloomfield College, started in the mid-1800s by the Presbyterian Church as a school for German ministers immigrating to the United States, today proudly stands among the nation's predominantly Black colleges. It is a status the small private college did not seek and only fully embraced after a painful evolution marked by racial demographic changes…

Booker T. Washington, a founding father of African American education in the United States, has long been studied, revered, and reviled by scholars and students. Born into slavery, freed and raised in the Reconstruction South, and active in educational reform through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Washington sought to use…

The Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, is one of only four predominantly Black medical schools in the United States. Among its illustrious alumni are surgeons general of the United States, medical school presidents, and numerous other highly regarded medical professionals. This book tells the engrossing history of this venerable…

The Historical Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) has defined its legacy. The HBCU developed campuses to prepare African-Americans for a variety of careers. They are considered to be specialized educational system within higher education. This system provided a way for many African-Americans to showcase their intellectual abilities. The HBCU's…

This phenomenological study examined the experiences of twelve female African Americans enrolled as fulltime undergraduate engineering students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, an historically Black university, and seven female African Americans enrolled as undergraduate engineering students at Purdue University in…