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
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
When the “Burden of Acting White” is Not a Burden: School Success and African American Male Students
Stinson, D. W. (2011). When the “Burden of Acting White” is Not a Burden: School Success and African American Male Students. The Urban Review, 43(1), 43-65. In this article, the author reports the “voices” of four academically successful African American men, in their early 20s, as they explicitly respond, in retrospect, to… read more