Recent contexts of migration for immigrant communities from African countries have comprised what sociologist April Gordon discussed as a "new diaspora of black Africans to the U.S." (p. 84). Yet amid contemporary contexts of migration, popularized narratives of African immigrant youth consistently linger on deficit framings and…

Racism, as a covert but pervasive presence in teacher education in England, remains a major structural issue and its effects on student teachers who are Black and Asian are real and troubling. Their personal stories reveal multiple challenges and present empirical evidence that can usefully be analysed to examine their experience of daily…

This year-long ethnographic study explored the occupational aspirations and informal educational experiences of 25 diverse homeless adolescents who found social welfare assistance through Empower, a nonprofit organization. Using organizational habitus and intersectionality as theoretical frameworks and constant comparative analysis, I found that…

Increasingly, science teachers are seeking phenomena that will allow them to explore both scientific content and socially relevant issues. The authors describe a series of lessons that (1) model the exoneration of wrongly convicted individuals using the science of DNA analysis and (2) contextualize individual cases within a larger system where…

This inquiry offers insight into how Black women assistant professors traverse the challenging journey toward tenure while acknowledging their connection to their students and communities, research, teaching, and service. By employing a phenomenological approach and utilizing Black feminist thought and community cultural wealth as conceptual and…

Background/Context: In New Orleans, Louisiana, in the years following Hurricane Katrina, predominantly white education reformers have used entrepreneurial support to dismantle the predominantly Black city's public education system. Using racial domination without community approval, these education reformers have educationally disenfranchised the…

For over 15 years, researchers have described a crisis in early learning classrooms in the United States. Hundreds of children are expelled from child-care programs and preschools every day, a rate nearly three times that of kindergarten-12th grade students. While policymakers have taken steps to mitigate this crisis, disparities in who is…

Now more than ever, we need to teach the truth about history. This volume assembles a team of critical social studies Scholars of Color and co-conspirators who share both their nightmares and dreams for the future. The authors engage critical race theory (CRT) and its many branches and offshoots to better understand the permanence of racism in the…

With one glance at higher education web pages across the nation, one consistent factor is the absence of African American women in higher education leadership roles. Equally significant to Black women's absence is the lack of advancement for Black females. Even though colleges and universities hiring practices normalized the notion of equity and…

The decreasing number of African American graduates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) holds negative implications for the African American community and reflects negatively on universities aiming to increase diversity and retention rates (Brittian et al., 2009). Over the last 15 years, the Grade Point Average (GPA) of many…

While there is extensive research on the historical development and impact of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in the United States, there remains limited research focused on the current condition of public HBCUs, and strategies used by their leaders to achieve organizational outcomes. In addition, research has not often…

Black women in counselor education and supervision (CES) programs have historically been underrepresented in the scholarly literature, making it vital to understand how this group of women cope with the adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this qualitative transcendental phenomenological study was to explore and understand…

The visibility and popularity of marching bands at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) represents a multi-generational tradition of marching and musical excellence. With performances that reach national and international audiences through large viewership, HBCU marching band culture is elevated to artistic prominence with each…

For many Black African international students, the statement, "I never knew I was Black until I came to the U.S." echoes the dilemma and complexity of race, Blackness and ethnic diversification and multiple Black identities in America. This is because, for the most part in Central, Eastern, Southern (except South Africa), and Western…

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the training of White pre-service teachers' preparedness to be racially literate. A gap existed in the literature concerning the training of White pre-service teachers (PSTs) in their skill development to be racially literate. The two research questions were: #1) How do White pre-service…