Myers, L. W. (1989). The Effects of Urban Education on the Self-Esteem of African American Males. Challenge: A Journal of Research on African American Men, 9(2), 57. Studies the effect of educational attainment on measures of self-esteem and self-worth of 230 Black men ranging in age from 17 to 76. Dependent variables… read more
Achieving desire: Narrative of a black male teacher
James, C. E. (2002). Achieving desire: Narrative of a black male teacher.International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 15(2), 171-186. Based on a life history account of Craig Francis, a young black male teacher living and working in Toronto, Canada, this paper examines his route to teaching, his perceptions and understandings… read more
Black Male Teachers As Role Models: Resisting The Homogenizing Impulse Of Gender And Racial Affiliation
Rezai-Rashti, G. M., & Martino, W. J. (2010). Black Male Teachers As Role Models: Resisting The Homogenizing Impulse Of Gender And Racial Affiliation.American Educational Research Journal,47(1), 37-64. This article reports on research with one Black male elementary school teacher in Toronto and draws on feminist, queer, and antiracist analytic perspectives… read more
Boyz to men? teaching to restore black boys’ childhood
Ladson Billings, G. (2011). Boyz to men? teaching to restore black boys’ childhood. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 14(1), 7-15. Many schools see teaching African American boys as a daunting challenge. However, in many schools the primary focus of Black male children’s educational experience is maintaining order and discipline rather than student learning… read more