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Re-sounding Harlem Renaissance narratives : the repetition and representation of identity through sound in Nella Larsen's Passing and Toni Morrison's Jazz

Creator:: Aragon, Racheal
Abstract:: The cultural and historical construction of African American identity in the United States has been closely tied to the dialectical relationship formed between sound and silence. This thesis examines the modernist and postmodernist representation of sound and silence in the African American novels Passing (1929), by Nella Larsen, and Jazz...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Anita Helle The cultural and historical construction of African American identity in the United

Blood, bondage and chains : a legacy of kinship between black-red people

Creator:: Bertha, Clarissa
Abstract:: My research is looking at the cultural and kinship ties of African and Native peoples and how our worlds were forged together by colonization, bonded during the institutionalize state of shackles and slavery and how the legacy of these tools of genocide are now tearing us apart. Being of mixed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Being of mixed African and Native American heritage, I understand the significant role slavery and its

Shades of Color at OAC, 1916-1921: The Untold Story of Palmer Patton

Creator:: Landis, Lawrence A.
Abstract:: Palmer Patton was a student of color at Oregon Agricultural College (OAC) from 1916-1920. He received bachelors and masters degrees in agriculture. He was African-American but identified as white. This presentation explores Patton's life before, during and after his years at OAC. This presentation was made at OSU's Lonnie B....
Resource Type:: Presentation
Full Text:: . This poses the question – are there other African American students who attended Oregon State in the

Supporting Pacific Islander Student Identity in Higher Education

Creator:: Kosaki, Kayla Y.
Abstract:: In recent years, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPI) have become one of the fastest-growing racial groups within the United States, increasing by 40% between 2000 and 2010, and expected to nearly double in population size by 2030 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012; Empowering Pacific Islander Communities & Asian Americans Advancing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the continental United States, this identity label and its inconsistent use within data collection

A qualitative study designed to explore some factors that white educators need to teach black students effectively

Creator:: Henry, Calvin Oscar Leon
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to explore some of the factors White educators need to teach Black students effectively. It examined what role the race of the teachers may play in Black students' academic success and whether White teachers are able and willing to meet the educational needs of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ethnic identity influence the learning and development of African American students. Branch (1994) noted

An autoethnography of whiteness

Creator:: Burke, Deborah A.
Abstract:: Many White social scientists and educators are unaware of and/or detached from the realities of racism and conduct social research that 1.) perpetuates stereotypes, falsely setting People of Color as inferior and White people as superior and/or 2.) explains the differences of White people and People of Color in terms...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: predominantly African American and that most of the children were from families that were socioeconomically

Structural oppression of African Americans in higher education

Creator:: Powell, William N.
Abstract:: Researching what I believe to be exclusionary practices in higher education against African Americans has compelled me to approach this subject, in part, historically. Although I realize that a historical chronology of any subject is often deceptive, as with any writer, I am tempted to interpret events to fit my...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for the African American in society based on race, my role will be to act as a reminder. It must

Closing the Gap : Using Theory to Analyze the African American Division 1 Football Player Graduation Gap

Creator:: Smith, Dorian
Abstract:: African American male students are a small portion of the student body at NCAA Division 1-A schools, but they make up a large portion of population of college football players. African American male college students are also one of the most at-risk student populations on campus in regards to retention....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: identity for African American athletes is the special admission process. The special admission process

Parental contributions to aspects of ethnic development among four- and seven-year-old Chinese-American children

Creator:: Lin, Kowhei Sophia
Abstract:: This study had two major purposes. The first focused upon understanding the development of aspects of ethnic development among 4- and 7-year-old Chinese-American boys and girls from immigrant and non-immigrant families. The second focused upon understanding the contribution of selected parental (fathers' and mothers') characteristics on aspects of children's ethnic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -American Children by Kowhei Sophia Lin A THESIS submitted to Oregon State University in partial

"A Monument to Jim Crow": Post-War Racial Liberalism and the Battle Over the Booker T. Washington Black Veterans Hospital

Creator:: Du Plessis, Lihani
Abstract:: “A Monument to Jim Crow’: Post-War Racial Liberalism and the Battle Over the Booker T. Washington Black Veterans Hospital” examines the proposed Congressional bill to build a segregated black veterans hospital as a memorial to Booker T. Washington in Franklin County, Virginia. This paper examines the developing ideology of racial...
Resource Type:: Research Paper
Full Text:: slightly from racial liberalism in that it idealized the current state of the United States. In contrast

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Re-sounding Harlem Renaissance narratives : the repetition and representation of identity through sound in Nella Larsen's Passing and Toni Morrison's Jazz

Blood, bondage and chains : a legacy of kinship between black-red people

Shades of Color at OAC, 1916-1921: The Untold Story of Palmer Patton

Supporting Pacific Islander Student Identity in Higher Education

A qualitative study designed to explore some factors that white educators need to teach black students effectively

An autoethnography of whiteness

Structural oppression of African Americans in higher education

Closing the Gap : Using Theory to Analyze the African American Division 1 Football Player Graduation Gap

Parental contributions to aspects of ethnic development among four- and seven-year-old Chinese-American children

"A Monument to Jim Crow": Post-War Racial Liberalism and the Battle Over the Booker T. Washington Black Veterans Hospital

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