Brooms, D. R., & Davis, A. R. (2017). Staying focused on the goal: Peer bonding and faculty mentors supporting black males’ persistence in college. Journal of Black Studies, 48(3), 305-326. This qualitative study investigated the collegiate experiences of 59 Black males at three different historically White institutions. Specifically, we explore… Continue Reading Staying Focused on the Goal: Peer Bonding and Faculty Mentors Supporting Black Males’ Persistence in College
Derrick R. Brooms
“We Didn’t Let the Neighborhood Win”: Black Male Students’ Experiences in Negotiating and Navigating an Urban Neighborhood
Brooms, D. R. (2015). “We Didn’t let the neighborhood win”: Black male students’ experiences in negotiating and navigating an urban neighborhood. The Journal of Negro Education, 84(3), 269-281. The current study relies on in-depth interviews with twenty Black males who graduated from Du Bois Academy (pseudonym), an urban, all-boys public… Continue Reading “We Didn’t Let the Neighborhood Win”: Black Male Students’ Experiences in Negotiating and Navigating an Urban Neighborhood