Agosto, V. (2014). Scripted Curriculum: What Movies Teach About Dis/ability and Black Males. Teachers College Record, 116(4), 1. Background/Context: Tropes of dis/ability in the movies and master-narratives of Black males in education and society are typically treated in isolation. Furthermore, education research on Hollywood movies has typically focused on portrayals of… read more
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Educational attainment and the payoff of education: Black male suicide in the united states, 1947-1998
Fernquist, R. M. (2004). Educational attainment and the payoff of education: Black male suicide in the united states, 1947-1998. Current Research in Social Psychology, 9(13), 184-193. One of the demographic groups in America that has seen a marked increase in suicide rates in recent years is black males, especially young black males.… read more
Religiosity enhances cardiovascular reactivity among black males with low education
Merritt, M., Bennett, G., & Williams, R. (2000). Religiosity enhances cardiovascular reactivity among black males with low education. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62(1), 139. No Abstract
How does it feel to be a problem? Black male students, schools, and learning in enhancing the knowledge base to disrupt deficit frameworks
Howard, T. C. (2013). How does it feel to be a problem? Black male students, schools, and learning in enhancing the knowledge base to disrupt deficit frameworks. Review of Research in Education, 37(1), 54-86. A close examination of a number of political, social, and economic indicators reveals the ongoing challenges of what… read more