scholarly journals Joseph D. Ketner, The Emergence of the African-American Artist: Robert S. Duncanson 1821-1872, Columbia and London, University of Missouri Press, 1993, 235 pp., 114 black-and white and 20 color illus., $39.95

1993 ◽  
Vol 20 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
David Steinberg
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Black And White ◽  
American Artist

African American males navigating their way to college : a socio-ecological resiliency model

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Laura E. Danforth
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Males ◽  
Task Force ◽  
American Psychological Association ◽  
The United States ◽  
African American College Students ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Ecological Resources ◽  
College Population ◽  
The University

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The majority of African American college students are female, with males representing five percent of the total four-year college population (U.S. Census, 2013). Despite the evolution of race relations in the United States, African American males experience increased residential and school segregation, reduced access to qualified teachers and school staff, discipline disparities due to zero-tolerance policies, and increased likelihood of experiencing school to prison pipeline, all of which reduce their likelihood of enrollment in college (American Psychological Association Task Force, 2008; Aud, Fox, and Kewel-Ramani, 2010; Orfield, Kucsera, and Siegal-Hawley, 2012). In order to shift from deficit to strengths-based perspectives on achievement, a qualitative grounded theory investigation was utilized to uncover essential resources in participants' (N=22) social ecologies that increased the likelihood of college enrollment. As a result, insight was provided into the particular socio-ecological influences and elements that contributed to "pre-college socialization and readiness," (Harper, 2010, pg. 5) that eventually led to enrollment at a four-year college. It was found that family was the most powerful resource in participants' environments, as the initial establishment of the non-negotiable family expectation that they would attend college greatly influenced their selection in peer groups, involvement in positive community programs, as well as whether or not they were able to take advantage of other socio-ecological resources in their environment, such as positive teacher relationships and involvement in school programs.

Abstract 4428: Similar Response to Spironolactone in Whites and African American Patients with Resistant Hypertension

Circulation ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 118 (suppl_18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saima Husain ◽  
Mari K Nishizaka ◽  
Eduardo Pimenta ◽  
Krishna K Gaddam ◽  
Suzanne Oparil ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Racial Differences ◽  
Resistant Hypertension ◽  
Plasma Renin ◽  
Channel Blockers ◽  
Similar Response ◽  
Antihypertensive Medications ◽  
Plasma Aldosterone Concentration ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Drug Of Choice

Primary aldosteronism (PA) is a common cause of resistant hypertension with a prevalence of approximately 20%. Spironolactone is the drug of choice for the medical management of patients with PA. Blacks have been reported to have low-renin HTN and respond better to diuretics and calcium channel blockers. Racial differences in response to spironolactone in patients with resistant hypertension have not been previously described. Consecutive subjects referred to the University of Alabama at Birmingham hypertension clinic for resistant hypertension had been evaluated with a plasma aldosterone concentration (PAC), plasma renin activity (PRA), and a 24-hr urine collection for aldosterone, sodium, and potassium during the patient’s usual diet. The BP response to spironolactone was compared retrospectively in patients. For clinical reasons, subjects had been treated with a median dose of 25 mg of spironolactone and the BP response at 6 weeks, 3 and 6 months was compared retrospectively. A total of 117 patients with resistant hypertension were included in the analysis, including 59 white and 58 black subjects. Both groups had a similar number of antihypertensive medications at baseline. PAC, PRA, U-aldo and serum potassium levels were also similar. BP reduction at 6-weeks, 3- and 6-months after treatment with spironolactone was similar in black and white subjects. At 3 months, the mean reduction in systolic BP was −19.5±19.0 and −23.2±20.0 for blacks and whites, respectively (p= 0.321). These data indicate that African American and white subjects with resistant hypertension respond equally well to spironolactone.

“They Always Get the Best of You Somehow”: Preston Sturges in Black and White

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krin Gabbard
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Black People ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Ethnic Stereotypes ◽  
Black And White

There is no question that the films of Preston Sturges present racist stereotypes. But we must remember the profound racism in America when Sturges was working. There is even evidence that Sturges respected his African American actors, making sure that they were treated as professionals. Several blacks even became members of his repertory company, working alongside a group of actors who often embodied a range of ethnic stereotypes. And in many of his films, Sturges’s blacks actually express a wry suspicion of white Americans, thus advancing the satiric projects of his films. Rather than concentrate on Sturges’s habit of presenting racist images of black people, we should be attentive to what his African American characters actually say and do.

Eddie Anderson, Rochester, and Race in 1930s Radio and Film

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Race Relations ◽  
Jim Crow ◽  
Black Press ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Box Office ◽  
Jim Crow Era ◽  
Time Part

African-American dancer, singer, comedian Eddie Anderson pursued an entertainment career in California, his opportunities limited by Jim Crow-era racism in Hollywood but also shaped opportunities in night clubs and cabarets that catered to both black and white patrons. Winning an audition for a one-time role on Benny’s radio show, Anderson’s inimitable gravelly voice spurred Benny to create a full time part, the character of Rochester Van Jones, Jack’s butler and valet, in late 1937. Although initially hampered by stereotyped minstrel-show dialogue and character habits, Rochester soon became renowned by both white and black listeners for his ability to criticize the “Boss” in impertinent manner. Virtually co-starred in three films with Benny that were highly successful at the box office, commenters in the black press in 1940 hoped that Rochester offered “a new day” in improved race relations.

Injustice in Black and White

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-97
Author(s):  
Hannah L. Walker
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Black Americans ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Black And White ◽  
Depth Interviews

Chapter 4 examines the divergent narratives leveraged by White and Black Americans to make sense of their carceral experiences. In-depth interviews suggest that Whites arrive at a sense of injustice through the lens of class, whereas Blacks centralize race, layered with classed undertones. Data from the Harvard-Kaiser Foundation African American Men’s Survey (AAMS 2006) supports this perspective. Yet, when they view their experiences through the lens of injustice, both groups translate their systemic analyses into political action. Findings from the NCPS suggest that the mobilizing effect is most pronounced among those with proximal contact and is particularly important for the participation of Black Americans, since among this group absent injustice proximal contact is negatively associated with participation.

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