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Allen, Quaylan; White-Smith, Kimberly – Urban Education, 2018
This study examines parental involvement practices, the cultural wealth, and school experiences of poor and working-class mothers of Black boys. Drawing upon data from an ethnographic study, we examine qualitative interviews with four Black mothers. Using critical race theory and cultural wealth frameworks, we explore the mothers' approaches to…
Descriptors: African Americans, Mothers, Parent Student Relationship, Sons
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Clark, Langston; Harrison, Louis, Jr.; Bimper, Albert Y. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2015
Purpose: The purposes of this study were to: (a) analyze the insights and experiences of the 1st African American student-athlete (in basketball) at a prominent predominantly White institution in the Deep South as well as the later insights and experiences of his sons at the same university; and (b) to present a counterstory to the dominant…
Descriptors: Team Sports, Integrated Curriculum, Integrated Activities, African American Students
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Berry, Robert Q., III. – Adults Learning Mathematics, 2008
The stories of four mathematically successful middle schools African American boys are used to describe the roles, perceptions, and experiences of their parents. The parents of played multiple roles for their sons: (a) guardians of opportunities, (b) standard setters, (c) resources for mathematical knowledge, and (d) models of success. As…
Descriptors: African American Students, Middle School Students, Mathematics Achievement, Sons