Expanding the History of the Black Studies Movement: Some Prefatory Notes

Fenderson, Jonathan; Stewart, James B.; Baumgartner, Kabria

doi:10.1007/s12111-011-9200-3

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“…Black scholarship from anthropology, literature, history, sociology, and criminal justice provides a blueprint for assessing the human experience that is useful for psychology in general and to developmental research in particular. Black studies were founded for the promotion and advancement of interdisciplinary examinations of proximal and distal sociocultural influences on Black consciousness, Black families, intergroup relations, and education (Fenderson et al, 2012). Similarly, Black psychology grew out of the need for integrated operational approaches to the psychological ramifications of being Black (White, 1970).…”

Section: Blueprints For Exploring and Understanding Developmental Div...mentioning

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Looking within: Elevating Black scholarly contributions to empirical approaches in developmental science.

Elisha¹,

Karras²,

Ruck³

2023

American Psychologist

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Over the past century, Black American scholars have designed, applied, and promoted conceptual frameworks and research models that propose nuanced understandings of psychological development. This article highlights examples of their contributions to understanding the differential impact of diverse contextual and situational factors. Through examinations of the psychological effects of Blackness on the development of cognition, competence, identity, and social functioning, Black psychologists outline pathways and provide tools for ecological culturally rooted methodologies. These multidisciplinary approaches run in contrast to dominant trends in the field and thus broaden developmental science's reach and influence. In the 1950s, developmental research by Black psychologists was instrumental to the fight for civil rights. Today, it continues to provide a basis for advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Public Significance StatementRecent calls for representation, discussions of systemic issues, and closer attention to the mental health of Black Americans highlight the need for renewed attention to the contributions Black scholars have made to our understanding of how culture and context impact lived experiences. This article outlines how Black scholars have designed, applied, and promoted nuanced approaches to the study of human growth and development. Research by Black scholars was foundational to the fight for civil rights and continues to provide a basis for advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

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Section: Blueprints For Exploring and Understanding Developmental Div...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Looking within: Elevating Black scholarly contributions to empirical approaches in developmental science.

Elisha¹,

Karras²,

Ruck³

2023

American Psychologist

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“…Black students organized protests on about two hundred college campuses across the United States in 1968 and 1969 and into the early 1970s. Their militant activities combined with the antiwar movement activated white students, and catalyzed an age of rebellion that reformed and profoundly transformed university life and culture [4,117]. Collectively, these activities interrupted the university's expansionist aims, complicated its role in the knowledge-city building process, caused administrators to rethink their strategy for rebuilding the university community, and sparked rise of the engaged university movement.…”

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The University, Neighborhood Revitalization, and Civic Engagement: Toward Civic Engagement 3.0

2018

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This essay analyzes and syntheses key theories and concepts on neighborhood change from the literature on anchor institutions, university engagement, gentrification, neighborhood effects, Cold War, Black liberation studies, urban political economy, and city building. To deepen understanding of the Columbia University experience, we complemented the literature analysis with an examination of the New York Times and Amsterdam newspapers from 1950 to 1970. The study argues that higher education’s approach to neighborhood revitalization during the urban renewal age, as well as in the post-1990 period, produced undesirable results and failed to spawn either social transformation or build the neighborly community espoused by Lee Benson and Ira Harkavy. The essay explains the reasons why and concludes with a section on a more robust strategy higher education can pursue in the quest to bring about desirable change in the university neighborhood.

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The African American Course Mystique

Carter

2016

Setting a New Agenda for Student Engagement and Retention in Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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One of the challenges in building an inclusive and engaged college campus is empowering students to leverage campus resources while creating an environment that afford academic success. It is common for colleges and universities to offer diverse courses such African American studies courses to enrich students' learning. Drawing from a larger study focused on the factors influencing the engagement of White students attending public HBCUs, this chapter presents select aspects of the experiences of 22 White students attending two public HBCUs who were required to enroll in an African American studies or African Diaspora course toward degree completion. Despite instances of hypervisibility, a term associated with racial spokesmanship roles or feeling as if one stands out due to characteristics, such as race (Peterson & Hamrick, 2009); students pointed to the positive impact of diverse interactions with peers; strong faculty interaction and difficult class discussions that challenged their critical thinking skills and identity development and growth.

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Expanding the History of the Black Studies Movement: Some Prefatory Notes

Cited by 7 publications

References 9 publications

Looking within: Elevating Black scholarly contributions to empirical approaches in developmental science.

Looking within: Elevating Black scholarly contributions to empirical approaches in developmental science.

The University, Neighborhood Revitalization, and Civic Engagement: Toward Civic Engagement 3.0

The African American Course Mystique

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