Brooms, D. R., Clark, J. S., & Druery, J. E. (2020). “We Can Redefine Ourselves”: Enhancing Black College Men’s Persistence Through Counterspaces. Journal of Black Studies. Black college men are constantly repositioned in higher education discourse as problems and in crises. However, there is much to be learned from… Continue Reading “We Can Redefine Ourselves”: Enhancing Black College Men’s Persistence Through Counterspaces
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‘Building Us Up’: Supporting Black Male College Students in a Black Male Initiative Program
Brooms, D. R. (2018). ‘Building Us Up’: Supporting Black Male College Students in a Black Male Initiative Program. Critical Sociology, 44(1), 141–155. https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920516658940 Efforts to enhance the academic performances and educational experiences of Black males in college has exploded in the past 15 years, including institutional, state, system-level, and national programs, policies,… Continue Reading ‘Building Us Up’: Supporting Black Male College Students in a Black Male Initiative Program
“I Was Just Trying to Make It”: Examining Urban Black Males’ Sense of Belonging, Schooling Experiences, and Academic Success
Brooms, D. R. (2019). “I Was Just Trying to Make It”: Examining Urban Black Males’ Sense of Belonging, Schooling Experiences, and Academic Success. Urban Education, 54(6), 804–830. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042085916648743 This qualitative study investigated the schooling experiences of 20 young Black men who graduated from Douglass Academy, an all-boys public charter secondary school in… Continue Reading “I Was Just Trying to Make It”: Examining Urban Black Males’ Sense of Belonging, Schooling Experiences, and Academic Success