Dissertations / Theses: 'Black Slavery in New York'

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Anderson, Shelly L. "An uneasy alliance : Blacks and Latinos in New York City Politics /." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486546889383158.

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Atwood, Dwayne D. "Analysis of The New York Times' and New York Amsterdam News' Coverage of the Central Park Jogger Rape Trial: In Black and White." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/292195.

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Wallace, Derron Orlando. "The politics of panic & praise : exploring ethnic exceptionalism in the schooling of black Caribbean youth in London & New York." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709333.

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Campbell, Bethany M. "Murder -- see also Negroes : an examination of racial identification of black criminals in the New York Times /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p1422915.

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Johnson, Jessica A. "Women in black and white : the New York Times portrayal of African-American and white Olympic athletes /." Connect to resource, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1240422360.

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Johnson, Jessica. "Women in black and white : the New York Times portrayal of African-American and white Olympic athletes." The Ohio State University, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1240422360.

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Li, Jinbao, Chengyuan Xu, Kevin L. Griffin, and William S. F. Schuster. "Dendrochronological Potential Of Japanese Barberry (Berberis Thunbergii): A Case Study In The Black Rock Forest, New York." Tree-Ring Society, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622587.

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The deciduous forests of northeastern United States are currently experiencing an invasion of the exotic plant species Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii). This recent and rapid invasion leads to rising concern about its potential threats to native species as well as natural ecosystems, demanding a better understanding of its invasion mechanisms and potential responses to climate change. Unfortunately, few studies have been conducted to understand the influence of climate on the growth of B. thunbergii, largely because of the absence of long-term growth records. In this study we demonstrate growth rings of B. thunbergii are annually resolved and crossdatable. The first ring-width chronology of B. thunbergii was therefore developed using samples collected from the Black Rock Forest (BRF), New York. Climate-growth relationship analysis indicates the growth of B. thunbergii in the BRF is positively correlated with precipitation in prior October, current February and May–August, but is negatively correlated with current March precipitation. The growth of B. thunbergii is also negatively correlated with temperatures in prior winter (November–January) and current summer (June–July), but is positively correlated with current spring temperature (March–May). These dendrochronological results on B. thunbergii, together with further physiological studies, will improve our understanding on how the growth of this invasive species is affected by local climate dynamics, as well as the long-term invasion potential that is tied to its responses to climate change.

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Selby, Moriska V. "Adventure Girlz: A Restorative Leadership Program Model for Interrupting Black Girls’ School Pushout in New York City." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27013330.

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Young, poor, and undereducated women of color make up the majority of women who are incarcerated in the U.S. correctional system (Covington & Bloom, 2003). Black girls, in particular, are at risk of incarceration when schools leverage policies and practices (e.g. exclusionary discipline) that focus on discipline and control rather than providing a high quality education and support services for Black girls’ development. The restorative leadership program model employs unique methods to engage students and elevate their unique talents and perspectives in a school system that does not “effectively adjust and reform to fit the needs of its entire population” (Dr. Dorian Burton, personal communication, March 26, 2016). The program prioritizes educational attainment for Black girls through physical sports and field trips, critical conversations about what it means to grow up as a Black girl, events to collaborate and build relationships with peer and adult mentors, and workshops to learn personalized goal setting and reflection techniques. A restorative leadership program is an effective tool public middle schools can use to (1) increase the social emotional support provided to Black girls in order to reduce delinquent behavior and (2) reduce the number of Black girls who are pushed out of schools into the juvenile justice system.

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Murray, J.-Glenn. ""Ole-time religion" examining the values expressed in contemporary black African American Roman Catholic Sunday eucharist /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2006. http://www.tren.com.

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D'Arrigo, Rosanne D., William S. F. Schuster, David M. Lawrence, Edward R. Cook, Mark Wiljanen, and Roy D. Thetford. "Climate-Growth Relationships of Eastern Hemlock and Chestnut Oak from Black Rock Forest in the Highlands of Southeastern New York." Tree-Ring Society, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/251622.

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Three eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.) and three chestnut oak (Quercus prinus L.) ring-width chronologies were constructed from old-and second-growth stands in the Black Rock Forest in Cornwall. New York, the first developed for the highlands of southeastern New York State. The longest hemlock chronology extends from 1780-1992 and the longest oak chronology from 1806-1994. The oldest trees sampled had minimum ages of 275 and 300 years for hemlock and chestnut oak, respectively. The tree-ring chronologies were compared to monthly temperature and precipitation data from nearby West Point, NY for the 1850s-1990s and to Palmer Drought Severity Indices for 1911-1990. The chronologies provide forest growth information for the period prior to the initiation of meteorological measurements, begun in 1824 at West Point. Black Rock Forest eastern hemlock growth correlates positively with current July and prior September precipitation, with February-March temperature and with prior September Palmer Drought Severity Indices. It correlates negatively with prior June temperature. Black Rock Forest chestnut oak growth correlates positively with current June-July and prior September and December precipitation, with January temperature, and with prior September-October and current June-July Palmer Drought Severity Indices. It correlates negatively with current June-July temperature. The Black Rock Forest tree-ring records and analyses yield useful information for climate reconstruction and for assessing the potential impact of anthropogenic change (e.g. CO₂-induced climate effects, CO₂ and N fertilization, acid deposition, changes in soil chemistry due to atmospheric pollution).

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Ryan, Angela Rose. "Education for the People: The Third World Student Movement at San Francisco State College and City College of New York." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1275416332.

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McRae, Richard. "Musicians Association Local 533 of the American Federation of Musicians and its role in the development of black music in Buffalo, New York /." Buffalo, N. Y, 1993. http://ubdigit.buffalo.edu/u?/lib-mus017,888.

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Cornell, Sean R. "Sequence stratigraphy and event correlations of upper Black river and lower trenon group carbonates of northern New York state and southern Ontario, Canada." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=ucin997444936.

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Cornell, Sean Richard. "Sequence Stratigraphy and Event Correlations of Upper Black River and Lower Trenton Group Carbonates of Northern New York State and Southern Ontario, Canada." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2001. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin997444936.

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Mosley, Marie Oleatha Pitts. "A history of Black leaders in nursing : the influence of four Black community health nurses on the establishment, growth, and practice of public health nursing in New York City, 1900-1930 /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1992. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/1106402x.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1992.
Includes tables. Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Elizabeth Tucker. Dissertation Committee: Douglas S. Sloan. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-175).

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Hobratsch, Ben Melvin. "Creole Angel: The Self-Identity of the Free People of Color of Antebellum New Orleans." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5369/.

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This thesis is about the self-identity of antebellum New Orleans's free people of color. The emphasis of this work is that French culture, mixed Gallic and African ancestry, and freedom from slavery served as the three keys to the identity of this class of people. Taken together, these three factors separated the free people of color from the other major groups residing in New Orleans - Anglo-Americans, white Creoles and black slaves. The introduction provides an overview of the topic and states the need for this study. Chapter 1 provides a look at New Orleans from the perspective of the free people of color. Chapter 2 investigates the slaveownership of these people. Chapter 3 examines the published literature of the free people of color. The conclusion summarizes the significance found in the preceding three chapters and puts their findings into a broader interpretive framework.

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Zidonis, Jeffrey J. ""The Old White Sportswriters Didn't Know What to Think": Tradition vs. New Journalism in the New York Times's Coverage of Muhammad Ali, 1963-1971." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1542123659696673.

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Fino, Samantha R. "Black-Legged Tick Distributions, Small Mammal Abundances, Mast Production, and Vegetative Influences on Lyme Disease Apparent Prevalence on Fort Drum Military Installation, New York." Thesis, West Virginia University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10637853.

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Lyme disease is the most common infectious disease spread by black-legged ticks in the Northern Hemisphere. Lyme disease is a vector-borne zoonotic disease typically caused by bacterial spirochetes of the species Borrelia burgdorferi. The primary vector of Lyme disease in the Midwestern and eastern United States is Ixodes scapularis, the deer or black-legged tick. Although there are several preventative measures against ticks that carry Lyme disease, such as public education regarding personal protection (e.g., wearing light colored clothing, tucking pants into socks, wearing repellent, promptly inspecting oneself to remove ticks, getting pets vaccinated) and recommended control measures, it is important to understand how the disease is transmitted and which factors increase the potential risk of contracting the disease. Even with these preventative measures, which are not necessarily available worldwide, tick-borne diseases are increasing both in numbers and impact to the overall human population, and there are still several knowledge gaps and conflicting findings that need to be elucidated. For these reasons, there exists a need for further research on Lyme disease ecology to identify steps necessary to decrease disease prevalence and reduce human exposure. I conducted a field study on the Cantonment Area of Fort Drum Military Installation, New York, which is representative of a suburban community with multiple cover types. From May 2015–November 2016 I surveyed the Cantonment Area to evaluate the basic distributions of Ixodes scapularis and small mammal host species, their relationships with vegetative characteristics, and associated Lyme disease apparent prevalence. This will allow resource managers to assess and communicate the likelihood of encountering a Lyme-positive tick and to take necessary actions to minimize that risk. Specifically, our objective was to assess the apparent prevalence of Lyme disease based on the distributions and indice of abundance of the vector and host populations on Fort Drum.

I used tick drags to evaluate black-legged tick temporal and spatial distributions in six different cover types discriminated by developmental stage. Total index of tick abundance was related to (1) temperature, (2) humidity, (3) coarse woody debris, (4) leaf litter depth, (5) tree species richness (6) average tree dbh, and (7) patch size. Adult index of abundance was greatest in the spring and fall, while nymph index of abundance was greatest in early summer and larval index of abundance was greatest at the end of summer. Tick and Lyme-positive tick indices of abundance were greatest in the coniferous and mixed cover type and lowest in the shrub and deciduous cover type. Overall Lyme disease apparent prevalence on the Cantonment Area of Fort Drum was 35% (434/1246). These results provide objective criteria for understanding a baseline of tick distributions on a temporal and spatial scale, and assist in developing management recommendations to decrease Lyme disease apparent prevalence on the landscape.

I used Sherman and Tomahawk traps to capture individuals from the overall small mammal host community during June–August. The small mammal community was composed mostly of Peromyscus sp. (n = 79; 38%), chipmunk (n = 59; 28%), red squirrel (n = 33; 16%), gray squirrel (n = 18; 9%). Trapping success, as well as Simpson’s and Shannon’s indices of diversity were greatest in the developed and coniferous forest cover types. Indices of abundance of small mammals were greatest in the developed cover type, followed by coniferous forest. We modeled the relation between estimated index of abundance of ticks with the estimated index of abundance of all small mammal host species, as well as the relationship between estimated index of abundance of Lyme-positive ticks and small mammal host Simpson’s and Shannon’s indices of diversity. Although Peromyscus sp. had a greater number of individuals with tick burdens, there was significantly greater estimated index of abundance of Lyme-positive tick burdens on chipmunks. Furthermore, a significantly greater proportion of sampled chipmunks (58%) had Lyme-positive ear punches.

My results suggest that habitat management in the coniferous and mixed forest that target vector and host habitat is necessary in order to decrease Lyme disease prevalence and reduce risk of human exposure. Recommendations such as removal of the leaf/pine litter and coarse woody debris, which provide stable microhabitat for ticks and small mammals alike, a selective cut of large conifer trees, allowing sunlight and wind penetration that encourages tick desiccation, and creating and mowing grassland barrier habitat between human developed areas and forested areas are possible solutions for decreasing Lyme disease prevalence and human risk of exposure on the landscape. Public education seminars regarding black-legged tick spatial and temporal distributions, as well as explaining recommended control measures for personal property should also be developed in order to communicate Lyme disease risk to residents on Fort Drum Military Installation.

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Madu, Ednah N. "A study of the Relationships between Psycho-Social factors and Self-Perceived Treatment Regimen Adherence in a New York Metropolitan Community Sample of Black Race Diagnosed with Hypertension." Thesis, Adelphi University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13818341.

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Background: Hypertension (HTN), also referred to as a silent killer, has been the leading cause of mortality in the world for more than 10 years. Uncontrolled HTN is associated with cardiovascular complications like stroke, heart failure and chronic kidney disease. Disparity is noted in hypertension prevalence, blood pressure control, cardiovascular burden and adherence to hypertension treatment regimens, with worse consequences for Blacks/African Americans compared to their racial counterparts. Multiple factors account for these differences and include biological, psychological and socio-cultural issues. Despite the many salient factors identified to be associated with adherence to hypertensive treatment regimens, as well as current strategies in place, high cardiovascular burden from uncontrolled HTN persist in Black communities.

Purpose: To determine the strongest factors associated with adherence to hypertension treatment regimens among all of the most salient factors identified by prior research, within the context of a community sample of Black/African Americans residing in an urban setting.

Design: Cross-sectional, correlation design.

Theoretical Framework: The Biopsychosocial model framework. Data Analysis: Data analysis consisted of descriptive and bivariate analysis of the predictor variables. Significant variables was analyzed using multiple linear regression model to identify the strongest variables predicting adherence.

Result: Four factors remained significant predictors to adherence in the final regression model: Annual income [$10,000-$20,000 (β= .21, p = .04); annual income $40,001-$80,000 (β = .25, p = .03), Full-time work status (β= -.23 p = .04), Last blood pressure within normal range (β= .19, p = .02) and Depressive symptoms (β = -.20, p = .02).

Implications: The identification of mainly inter-related psychosocial factors (depressive symptoms, income and employment status) as significant predictors of adherence in this sample has implications for priority psychosocial assessment (depression screening in particular), when rendering care to hypertensive Black/African American patients.

Keywords: hypertension, hypertension control disparity, Blacks or African Americans, antihypertensive treatment regimens, adherence

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Jullien, Véronique. "The Black Metropolis(Re)naissance et représentations d’un espace urbain Harlem 1920-1940." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017SACLV018.

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Cette thèse porte sur l’émergence de Harlem comme métropole noire dans les années 20, sur son déclin progressif dans les années 30 et sur les répercussions sur la communauté qui y réside, qui le transforme et le pratique à travers des actions et des discours. Durant ces deux décennies, le quartier subit des mutations importantes dans sa structure et par conséquent dans ses représentations. Harlem se transforme en quartier noir à population éclectique, et en métropole culturelle, artistique et intellectuelle qui génère aussi bien succès et fierté identitaire que débats et dissensions. Harlem devient aussi un ghetto aux conditions de vie fortement dégradées mais qui déclenchent la mobilisation politique des Harlémites qui s’expriment et affirment leur volonté de peser sur la scène nationale malgré leurs divisons. Lieu de paradoxes, lieu hétérogène aux multiples facettes, en proie aux tensions intracommunautaires et intercommunautaires, Harlem garde malgré tout une certaine unité et se construit autour de ses contradictions comme un lieu emblématique de la communauté afro-américaine.A travers une approche pluridisciplinaire et à travers un examen approfondi de sources primaires comme la presse, noire et blanche, locale et nationale, ainsi qu’un travail sur les productions artistiques, notamment celles de la Harlem Renaissance, et des ouvrages sociologiques et historiques de l’époque, cette thèse cherche à rendre compte des transformations de Harlem, espace géographique et espace-imagé, et à analyser la naissance, la renaissance et les représentations de cet espace urbain si particulier
This Ph.D. dissertation deals with the rising of Harlem as a Black Metropolis in the 1920s, its progressive decline in the 1930s and the consequences regarding the inhabitants practicing this urban space through their actions and discourses. During these two decades, the neighborhood underwent profound changes in its structure as well as in its representations. Harlem became a black neighborhood with a heterogeneous population, and a cultural, artistic and intellectual metropolis which fostered success and identity pride as well as debates and dissent. Harlem turned also into a ghetto where living conditions deteriorated drastically; nevertheless Harlemites continued to express themselves and asserted their will to gain as a group on the national scene despite strong divisions. A heterogeneous neighborhood with multiple facets, rife with intra- and interracial tensions, Harlem nevertheless kept some unity and built itself around its contradictions.This Ph.D. dissertation adopts a multidisciplinary approach privileging a thorough examination of primary sources, in particular the Black and White press, both local and national. It also engages in a detailed study of artistic productions of the time, among them those of the Harlem Renaissance, as well as historical and sociological studies of that period. This study attempts to analyze the transformations of Harlem, the geographical and the imaginary space, and to follow the birth, the renaissance and the representations of this unique urban space

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Ventura, da Silva Alessandro. "La musique populaire dans les villes américaines en réformes : communautés noires et politiques de modernisation urbaine (Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires et New York, fin XIX siècle et début XXe siècle)." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017USPCA154.

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Le but de cette thèse est d'identifier les analogies entre les manifestations culturelles des communautés noires dans les villes de Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires et New York à la fin du XIXe et au début du XXe siècle. Du point de vue de cette réflexion, nous prétendons montrer que les stimulations culturelles et idéologiques qui imprégnaient ces villes ont été fondamentales pour la formation d’une matrice provocante et atténuante dans les compositions musicales et poétiques telles quelles les sambas, milongas, tangos et jazz de cette période et passibles, de cette façon, d’être observées dans une perspective trans-hémisphérique en ce qui concerne les Amériques. Fatalement, comme les villes de Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires et New York possèdent en commun le fait d’avoir participé à une expérience modernisatrice, nous déduisons que l’élément de désillusion senti par une fraction sociale a produit un mouvement de critique dans ces manifestations musicales qui faisait échouer les objectifs civilisateurs en créant des atmosphères qui rivalisaient avec la ville officialisée. Il s’agit de la ville contre la ville qui attirera notre attention à partir de l’atmosphère sentie dans les clubs, favelas et conventillos de ces villes et qui, prise dans sa complexité et densité historique, nous fournira des éléments pour penser les similitudes et les différences de ces villes et expériences musicales dans les Amériques
The aim of this thesis is to identify the analogies between the cultural manifestations of black communities in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and New York in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From the point of view of this reflection, we claim to show that the cultural and ideological stimulations that permeated these cities were fundamental for the formation of a provocative and attenuating matrix in musical and poetic compositions such as sambas, milongas, tangos and jazz of this period and in this way can be observed in a trans-hemispheric perspective in the Americas. Fatally, as the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires and New York have in common the fact of having participated in a modernizing experiment, we deduce that the element of disillusionment felt by a social fraction produced a movement of criticism in these musical demonstrations that defeated the civilizing aims by creating atmospheres that rivaled the official city. It is the city against the city that will draw our attention from the atmosphere felt in the clubs, favelas and conventillos of these cities and which, taken in its complexity and historical density, will provide us with elements to think similarities and the differences of these cities and musical experiences in the Americas

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Elkan, Daniel Acosta. "The Colonia Next Door: Puerto Ricans in the Harlem Community, 1917-1948." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1505772980183977.

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Stiegler, Morgen Leigh. "African Experience on American Shores: Influence of Native American Contact on the Development of Jazz." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1244856703.

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Naef, Alain. "Sterling and the stability of the International Monetary System, 1944-1971." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2019. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/285170.

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This dissertation studies the role of sterling during the Bretton Woods period (1944-1971). The Bretton Woods system has often been described as a dollar system with sterling having lost its relevance as reserve currency. However, despite being a secondary reserve currency and having lost importance, sterling was the 'first line of defence for the dollar' as contemporaries put it. They frequently stressed the fact that a sterling crisis would have consequences on the stability of the Bretton Woods system but economic historians have never tested this empirically. This dissertation argues that sterling played an important role in the stability of the international monetary system. Foreign exchange market participants globally monitored sterling and US policymaker stepped in to avoid devaluation of the British currency. US support to sterling was mainly due to the fear of a British devaluation, which could trigger a run on the dollar. When the UK finally devalued the pound in 1967, it marked the beginning of an instable period for the international monetary system. The Gold Pool, a syndicate to defend the US gold parity, collapsed in 1968 and this prefigured the end of the Bretton Woods system. This dissertation presents new data along with novel archival material from seven archives across continents to demonstrate how contagion from sterling to the dollar occurred. Modern econometric methods are used to analyse a new dataset with over 80,000 observations of offshore exchange rates, central bank intervention and reserves. This evidence shows that a secondary reserve currency can still play a key role in the stability of the international monetary system.

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Avila, Alex. "THE BRONX COCKED BACK AND SMOKING MULTIFARIOUS PROSE PERFORMANCE." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/394.

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The Bronx Cocked Back And Smoking is a collection of multifarious prose performances recounting the historical, personal, social, political and cultural constructs of a city birthed by violence. This body of work is accompanied by video, audio, photography, and theatre performance texts. St. Mary’s Housing project, in the Bronx, is the foundation where most of this literary work takes place. The modern day Griot (storyteller) is a Poet, guiding his audience through the social inequalities and disparities that plague St. Mary’s community. The Poet shares personal traumatic insights while simultaneously utilizing writing as a form of survival to the conditions of the Bronx. This multi-platform performance highlights the metaphorical and physical concerns with the cycle of violence. This question is answered through the Poet’s choice by selecting the pen over the gun.

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Davenport, Jeremiah Ryan PhD. "From the Love Ball to RuPaul: The Mainstreaming of Drag in the 1990s." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1499363704491381.

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Goode-Null, Susan Kay. "Slavery's children: A study of growth and childhood sex ratios in the New York African Burial Ground." 2002. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3056230.

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This dissertation reports on the research related to childhood growth and sex ratios of the children from the Eighteenth century New York African Burial Ground (NYABG) cemetery population. NYABG is the largest archaeological cemetery population of enslaved Africans in North America. A total of 349 individuals comprise the baseline sample for the construction of stationary paleodemographic tables. One hundred ninety-six individuals under 25 years of age comprise the sub-sample for which analyses related to questions regarding childhood sex ratio, growth status, and childhood labor are undertaken. A morphological technique for sexing immature skeletons is tested for the first time in this project. The results of this test are then utilized in the construction of the sex ratio composition for this segment of the NYABG. Growth is assessed by examining stature estimates and standardized long bone lengths for individuals in relation to skeletal indicators of biomechanical stress, generalized pathologies, and major indicators of nutritional status. Research questions related to the life experiences of these children in a colonial slave regime are explored by incorporating historical information and the results of the analysis of growth and development and sex ratio structure within a biocultural framework. This framework integrates modes of production, as put forth by Wolf (1982), to increase the explanatory dimensions of the biocultural theoretical model.

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Maguire, Jacob Charles. ""Though it blasts their eyes" : slavery and citizenship in New York City, 1790-1821." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-05-3437.

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Between 1790 and 1821, New York City underwent a dramatic transformation as slavery slowly died. Throughout the 1790s, a massive influx of runaways from the hinterland and black refugees from the Caribbean led to the rapid expansion of the city’s free black population. At the same time, white agitation for abolition reached a fever pitch. The legislature’s decision in 1799 to enact a program of gradual emancipation set off a wave of arranged manumissions that filled city streets with black bodies at all stages of transition from slavery to freedom. As blacks began to organize politically and develop a distinct social, economic and cultural life, they both conformed to and defied white expectations of republican citizenship. Over time, the emerging climate of social indistinction proved too much for white elites, who turned to new ideologies of race to enact the massive disfranchisement of black voters.
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Dosen, Anja. "Mineralogical analysis of Upper Devonian black shales in western New York." 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/1426761.

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Thesis (M.S.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2005.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 2, 2006) Available through UMI ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Thesis adviser: Rossman F. Giese. Includes bibliographical references.

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Meyerowitz, Lisa Ann. "Exhibiting equality : black-run museums and galleries in 1970s New York /." 2001. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3006536.

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Stevens, Katharine. "Opening the Black Box: Government Teacher Workforce Policy in New York City." Thesis, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8GH9R59.

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As recently highlighted by the federal Race to the Top program, teacher policy is a growing focus of education policymakers and reform advocates, with much debate over how to train, motivate, and evaluate teachers, and increasing concern about teacher accountability. Yet while teacher workforce policy is increasingly recognized as an important dimension of public education policy, the complexity and contradictions that characterize teacher policy remain poorly understood by the public, policymakers, and scholars alike. This dissertation illuminates a problematic gap between the aspirations of new policy initiatives and the web of state and district laws and regulations that actually governs public school teachers and holds them accountable. Using New York City as a case study, the dissertation investigates the broad range of state and district policies that operate together to manage the teacher workforce of an urban school district. The dissertation builds a comprehensive typology of both supply- and demand-side teacher policies, employing an original analytical framework that integrates concepts drawn from strategic human resource management, legal studies, and the education literature on accountability. In particular, the study examines what teachers are held accountable for, and how minimum teaching competence is defined and enforced across the district workforce. The study shows that the district teacher policy system is composed of a disparate set of multiple, interacting state and district policy subsystems, and reveals the state's dominant role in teacher accountability. The state-controlled due process proceedings mandated by New York Education Law § 3020-a are found to be the cornerstone of teacher accountability in New York City. These precedent-driven proceedings define and enforce minimum teaching standards, and play a critical, under-recognized role in the district policy system. The state-sanctioned role of the district teachers union is also found to be central to the design and function of teacher workforce policies. Operating as a systemic whole, teacher policies hold New York City teachers strictly accountable for credentials, longevity, and ongoing training, while policies holding teachers accountable for their work are very weak, and operative mechanisms to ensure system-wide teaching competence do not exist. The study also identifies a significant degree of incoherence between accountability policies for teachers and those for other school stakeholders. Using new institutional theory as an analytical lens, the study explores ideological paradigms and alignments evident in these discrepant policies, focusing especially on growing tension between government and professional authority. New York education policy now appears to incorporate two contrary ideological paradigms: one aligned with an emerging government emphasis on efficiency, and the other with the professionalization model long promoted by the education profession. Study findings reveal the intricate nature of teacher workforce policy in New York City, and shed light on limitations of both federal and state influence in a highly fragmented education system. The dissertation concludes that locally-implemented policy systems for managing the teacher workforce merit closer attention as a crucial domain of education policy and school improvement.

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Gallagher, Julie A. "Women of action, in action: The new politics of Black women in New York City, 1944–1972." 2003. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3110486.

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This dissertation documents a generation of black women who came to politics during the 1940s in New York City. Ada B. Jackson, Pauli Murray, Anna Arnold Hedgeman, Bessie Buchanan, Jeanne Noble and Shirley Chisholm among others, worked, studied and lived in Harlem and Brooklyn. They seized the political opportunities generated by World War II and its aftermath and pursued new ways to redress the entrenched systems of oppression that denied them full rights of citizenship and human dignity. These included not only grassroots activism, but also efforts to gain insider status in the administrative state; the use of the United Nations; and an unprecedented number of campaigns for elected office. Theirs was a new politics and they waged their struggles not just for themselves, but also for their communities and for the broader ideals of equality. When World War II began, grassroots activists operated outside the halls of formal political power. Yet they understood the necessity of engaging the state and frequently endeavored to wrest power from it: the power that made life more bearable, that made the streets safer, that kept the roofs over their heads. These activists and others in women's clubs and civic organizations won favor in their communities and they increasingly pursued formal political positions. As the war drew to a close, a growing number of black women ran for elected office and sought political appointments. However, to attain political posts, they had to overcome the entrenched traditions of Tammany Hall's machine and the gendered and racialized nature of New York City politics. Most were unsuccessful, but by 1954, a few succeed. By the 1960s, black women had made their way into national politics. They were appointed to presidential commissions, the administration and won congressional office. Dorothy Height, Pauli Murray, Jeanne Noble, and Congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm represent the advancements black women made into the state structure. This study illustrates the kinds of political changes women helped bring about, it underscores the boundaries of what was possible vis-à-vis the state, and it traces how race, gender and the structure of the state itself shape outcomes.

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Sandy-Bailey, Julia L. "The “Negro Market” and the black freedom movement in New York City, 1930–1965." 2006. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3216961.

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This dissertation examines the "Negro market" and consumer activism within the context of the black freedom movement in New York City from 1930 to 1965. The "Negro market," a term used by the advertising industry to indicate a racially defined consumer market that was separate from the mainstream one, first emerged during the Great Depression. It expanded during World War II when the government gave more attention to racial matters and actively supported corporate attention to black consumers. In its first three decades, "Negro market" advertisers sought to reach African Americans without alienating whites, and strategies were shaped by advertising agencies, corporations, black media, and black marketing experts. During these years "Negro market" campaigns were conducted solely in black media. Although this reinforced the segregation of the consumer market, it did result in positive advertising images of blacks in the black press. Black protests in the early 1960s resulted in the integration of a small number of ads in mainstream media, changing the exclusively segregated approach of advertisers. Black New Yorkers used their consumer power as a tool in the black freedom movement, a movement that included campaigns for employment, integration, and positive black cultural portrayals. They also worked for consumer rights such as integrated commercial spaces, fair prices, and quality merchandise, and understood these rights as an important part of their struggle for racial equality. Groups from a variety of political perspectives---including housewives leagues, the NAACP, CORE, the African Nationalist Pioneer Movement, and the National Negro Congress---took part in these activities. Consumer weapons such as picketing and boycotts were only one aspect of black rights campaigns, and were often very effective. But there were limits to the usefulness of consumer action. By looking at business trade journals, the black press, advertisements, and the records of civil rights organizations, advertising agencies, corporations, and governmental agencies, this study traces the early history of the "Negro market," demonstrates the importance of consumer rights to black New Yorkers, and also shows the limitations of consumption as a method for achieving racial equality.

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Thomas, Naymond Elijah. "Robert McFerrin the first black man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera Company /." 1988. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/24507622.html.

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Robinson, III M. Louis. "Saving Our Sons: An Examination of a Single-Gender Elementary School for Black Males in New York City." Thesis, 2018. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8V42BNK.

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This qualitative single-case study was conducted to ascertain the effective factors necessary to successfully launch a single-gender elementary school for Black males in an urban setting. This analysis examines effective pedagogical practices and successful elementary-aged models that address the social emotional and academic needs of Black males within New York City. Two research questions guided the framework of this study: (a) in single-gender elementary schools for Black males, what factors contribute to their academic and social-emotional growth and development? and (b) In what ways do school design, context, and leadership practice inform the academic and social-emotional growth and development of students of single-gender schools for Black males? Qualitative research methodology was used for this study. Data collection through field observations and elite individual interviews included the participation of key stakeholders including administrators and educators. The findings, data analysis, and evaluation of the site visit served as a blueprint to highlight the components necessary to accelerate the achievement of Black males.

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Hill, Kathryn. "Black Parents, Vigilance, and Public Schools: Trust, Distrust, and the Relationships Between Parents and Schools in New York City." Thesis, 2018. https://doi.org/10.7916/D822467G.

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My dissertation examines the distrust and trust that New York City African-American parents place in schools at a moment when market-based education policies and gentrification are transforming the landscape of public schools in many historically Black urban communities. In my study, I tease apart how the nature of parent trust in local public schools might be different from the nature of trust in the institution of public schooling or faith in public education, as Black parents may expect different things from the local school and the school system. I also explore how trust or distrust in parent-school relationships develops, by treating trusting as a dynamic process, shaped by past socialization and experiences, as well as current experiences with schools. I examine parents’ accounts of critical moments in their relationship with their child’s schools; such as finding and enrolling their children in a new school, impressions of teaching and classroom management and to what extent schools respected their parent involvement. I find that the parent-school relationship develops different for Black parents who send their children to traditional public schools and charter schools, but that in general, the parent perceptions of schools’ lack of care for Black children and lack of respect for Black parents are what drives distrust. By examining how trust in public schools might develop uniquely for Black Americans, my study develops treatments of trust in education research and theory by challenging the functionalist and power-neutral assumption that trust in schools is inherently constructive. By centering the perspectives of Black parents to better understand how legacies of institutional racism impede the development of trust in schools, I highlight how these normative assumptions about parent trust in schools often elide the role of socio-cultural exclusion, power asymmetries, discrimination, and a legacy of institutional racism and neglect—across many institutional contexts—that foreground orientations of parents of color toward educators and schools. Indeed, it is often prudent for Black parents to distrust schools and educators in order to protect their children because they have not been trustworthy. In addition, my study also illuminates whether changing urban school systems are deemed legitimate in the eyes of the public, and what kinds of parent-school relationships can foster greater trust.

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Rogers, Craig. "The emerging labor market dilemma for the black middle class in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York metropolitan statistical area." 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1331400471&sid=2&Fmt=2&clientId=39334&RQT=309&VName=PQD.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--State University of New York at Buffalo, 2007.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Nov. 16, 2007 Available through UMI ProQuest Digital Dissertations. Thesis adviser: Lentnek, Barry. Includes bibliographical references.

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Jackson-Browne, Medina Samira. "Measuring the Effects of Mouse Allergen and Black Carbon Exposure on Children Living in New York City with Allergic Diseases." Thesis, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8ZP46D0.

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Measuring the Effects of Mouse Allergen and Black Carbon Exposure on Children Living in New York City with Allergic Diseases Medina Samira Jackson-Browne Background: Exposure to allergens and combustion by-products are risk factors for allergic health outcomes in children. The connection between exposure to allergens and allergic diseases such as asthma, in some children, is through the development of a biological condition known as allergic sensitization. In susceptible children, sensitization may occur when early-life exposure to an allergen causes the production of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies. In asthmatic children, repeated exposures to this allergen may lead to clinical manifestations including airway inflammation, airway mucous production, bronchospasms, and bronchial hyper-responsiveness. Sensitization and repeated exposure to allergens may, therefore, be important risk factors for asthma morbidity in children. Findings from a cross-sectional asthma study of children living in NYC published previously by our group found a positive association between cockroach and dust-mite allergens measured in bed dust and sensitization risk to these allergens consistent with other studies. However, contrary to previously published research, no association was observed between mouse allergen measured in bed dust and mouse sensitization risk in our study. In urban areas such as New York City (NYC), exposure to combustion by-products, including black carbon (BC), has been shown to be associated with both asthma development and asthma morbidity. BC has been proposed to exacerbate asthma symptoms directly through airway irritation or by behaving as an adjuvant, enhancing the production of IgE antibodies following exposure to an allergen in sensitized individuals. Our group previously observed an association between indoor measured BC concentrations and airway inflammation, however no association was found between BC and asthma symptoms for children living in NYC. In the present study, we sought to address some of the limitations of the previous work. These limitations included a singular measurement of mouse allergen exposure, a shorter-term BC exposure measurement, and a cross-sectional study design for asthma symptom risks. My overarching hypothesis for this dissertation is that exposures to mouse allergen and BC are significant risk factors for allergic sensitization and asthma morbidity, respectively, for children living in NYC. I tested these hypotheses in three separate manuscripts by assessing multiple mouse exposure measurements with the risk for mouse sensitization (Chapter 2), testing the correlation between 7-day measured indoor BC and particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) concentrations with annual modeled outdoor BC and PM2.5 concentrations (Chapter 3), and determining whether annual modeled outdoor BC concentration is associated with persistent asthma symptoms, over a three-year period, for asthmatic children in NYC (Chapter 4). Methods: For all manuscripts, data from an asthma case-control cohort of children (age 7-8 years) previously established by our group, the NYC Neighborhood Asthma and Allergy Study (NAAS), was utilized for analysis (n=350). Kitchen floor and bed settled dust samples were collected from the children’s home during the initial home visit. Mouse allergen concentrations were quantified from both kitchen floor and bed dust samples using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Blood samples were also collected during this visit. IgE antibodies to mouse allergens were measured by ImmunoCAP (Phadia, Uppsala, Sweden) from these blood samples. Information on the frequency of mouse sightings in the previous 12 months was extracted from a questionnaire administered to parents of NAAS children. Neighborhood and school mouse sightings were collected from reports from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Indoor PM2.5 and BC samples were collected from air samplers placed in NAAS children’s home for an average of 7 days. In collaboration with the NYC DOHMH, we were given access to 2-year averaged modeled outdoor PM2.5 and BC concentrations collected from air monitors at 124 street-level locations throughout NYC from 2008-2010. After the initial home visit, asthmatic NAAS children were followed-up annually for asthma symptoms. The questionnaire data collected from the asthmatics followed were used to evaluate the persistence or remittance of asthma symptoms over the 3-years following the initial home visit. Results: In our mouse study we found that increasing mouse allergen measured from kitchen floor dust and children whose parents reported greater than weekly mouse sightings in the previous 12 months has an increased risk of mouse sensitization (prevalence risk (PR) = 1.09 [1.02-1.17], p=0.04 and PR= 3.84 [1.95-6.97], p=0.001 respectively). Neither mouse allergen measured from settled bed dust (PR = 1.06 [0.95-1.19], p=0.46) nor neighborhood rodent reports (PR = 1.25 [0.94-1.68], p=0.16) were significantly associated with an increased risk of sensitization to mouse. Exposure to mouse at school was also not associated with an increased risk of mouse sensitization (PR=0.66 [0.35-1.26], p=0.30). Results from the correlation study indicated both annual modeled outdoor PM2.5 and BC concentrations were weakly correlated with 7-day measured indoor PM2.5 and BC concentrations (r = 0.21 and 0.39, respectively, p < 0.01). However, annual modeled outdoor BC concentrations predicted almost 20% of the variability of 7-day measured indoor BC (R2=0.19, p<0.001) compared to only 4% of the variability of 7-day indoor PM2.5 explained by annual modeled outdoor PM2.5, which predicted measured indoor PM2.5 (R2 = 0.04, p < 0.001). Our regression analysis of the asthma morbidity study found no significant association between longer-term neighborhood modeled BC concentrations at study participant’s home (PR = 0.87 [0.58-1.29, p=0.49] and school addresses (PR =1.09 [0.77-1.56], p=0.60) and persistent asthma symptoms. Conclusions: My findings suggest that mouse allergen measured from kitchen floor dust and parent reported mouse sightings are important risk factors of mouse sensitization for children living in urban areas such as NYC. The results of the BC analysis indicate a moderate correlation between annual modeled outdoor BC concentrations and 7-day measured indoor BC concentrations. The annual modeled outdoor BC also predicted 20% of the variability in 7-day measured indoor BC. Conversely, PM2.5 analysis indicate that annual modeled outdoor PM2.5 is not correlated with 7-day measured indoor PM2.5 concentrations. Finally, regression analysis of BC exposure and asthma morbidity indicate that annual modeled outdoor BC is not predictive of persistent asthma symptoms in our cohort.

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Wilkins, James. "An Examination of Sexual Health Communication and Decision-making as Behavioral Determinants for the Race/ethnicity-based Disproportionality in New Infections of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in the City of New York." Thesis, 2021. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-z13m-cw26.

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Worldwide uneven health outcomes based on race/ethnicity is a well-documented phenomenon and conversations relating to health disparities are well underway. In the United States, rates of new infections of HIV among African American and Hispanic men who have sex with men (MSM) have realized an upward trend over the past decade whilst rates among other demographic groups have realized noteworthy declines. The present study presents a quantitative analysis of sexual health communication and behavioral indicators with a view toward identifying whether African American and Hispanic MSM engage in fundamentally different sexual health communication and behaviors such that the divergent trends in new infections of HIV make sense. Through a series of descriptive, chi-square, binary and ordinal logistic statistical methods, the degree to which sexual health communication and behaviors differed between groups of respondents in the New York City area were analyzed. The results showed a significant divergence in sexual health communication and behavior, based on race/ethnicity, education, age and other indicators. In the overall sample (n = 212), African American and Hispanic MSM were found to be significantly less likely to adhere to HIV medication regimens, use protection, ask about partners’ HIV status and disclose their own HIV status compared to members of other racial/ethnic groups. Other similarly significant findings suggested a need to address the underlying causes of divergent sexual health communication and health maintenance-related behaviors that contribute to disproportionality in new infections of HIV among African American and Hispanic MSM.

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Nelson, Marilyn. "Seven library women whose humane presence enlightened society in the Harlem Renaissance iconoclastic ethos." 1996. http://books.google.com/books?id=k7LgAAAAMAAJ.

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Jackson, Tamela Teara. ""I can turn karaoke into open mic night" : an exploration of Asian American men in hip hop." 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2152/22417.

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The purpose of this report is to explore the ways in which Asian American men participate in hip hop culture, and what this participation says about their politics and representation in United States media and popular culture. This is done through an analysis of Freestyle Friday All Star, MC Jin, a Chinese American emcee from Queens, New York, as well as DJ Soko, a Korean American DJ from Detroit, Michigan. I argue that their participation is a desire for political power and creative visibility rendered on their own terms.
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(9719168), Michael James Greenan. "AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUALS AND THE BIBLE: SELECTING TEXTS FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTRUCTION." Thesis, 2020.

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The research in this thesis attempts to select texts from the African American Spirituals and the Bible that are appropriate for secondary language arts instruction, specifically for grades 9-12. The paper first gives an overview of legal justifications and educational reasons for teaching religious literature in public schools. Then, relevant educational standards are discussed, and, using the standards as an initial guide, I identify common themes within the Spirituals and Bible, which, from my analysis of various literatures, are slavery, chosenness, and coded language. Next, I describe my systematic effort to choose texts from the Spirituals and the Bible. To help accomplish this, I draw primarily from two tomes: Go Down Moses: Celebrating the African-American Spiritual and Biblical Literacy: The Essential Bible Stories Everyone Needs to Know. After I describe the research process of selecting texts, I form judgments about which biblical passages and African American Spirituals are particularly worthy of study, along with their applicable and mutual themes.

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