In the second half of the twentieth century, Edward W. Brooke became one of the best known and respected African American political leaders in the nation. He stood against the national pattern, when many black politicians and voters turned Democratic during FDR’s New Deal and th…
Throughout the final decades of the nineteenth century, political and intellectual elites in Buenos Aires and Montevideo successfully enacted their visions of liberal modernity. New infrastructure, centralized government, and investment of foreign capital defined liberal reform,…
This dissertation research paper will be an examination of a number of prominent Black composers in the Classical music genre and their influences and contributions to the Classical music violin literature. The overall intent of the paper is to act as an additional resource for …
The abuse of a woman’s body had been a normative practice since the recordings of Old Testament narratives. This study is designed to confront the inherent gender bias that contributed to the devaluation and abuse of a female body, especially for women in minority communities. H…
The Civil Rights Era of the 1960s has helped America transcend and grow above its racist past, at least that is what we have been led to believe. However, the past decade has made it all too clear that there is still a deep racial divide within America. Tragic events such as Tra…
This dissertation analyzes the controversial emergence, ideology, activities, and continual political repression of the Baltimore Branch of the Black Panther Party from 1968–1972. Despite the legal successes of the Civil Rights movement, the lukewarm enforcement of civil rights …
This thesis analyzes the public tours at the Homewood Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, and the Hampton National Historic Site, Towson, Maryland, for their incorporation of the history of slavery. The Homewood Mansion was built in 1801, for Charles Carroll, Jr., the son of Charles Ca…
By the mid-twentieth century, Blacks in the United States had left what was known as the “Party of Lincoln” and moved towards supporting Democrats and left-wing candidates and policies both locally and nationally. This shift in Black politics has led to American society broadly …
This dissertation compares archaeological assemblages from the Stono Plantation/Dill Farm, James Island, South Carolina between the periods of enslavement and Emancipation. Further comparisons are made with the neighboring Ferguson Road archaeological site and the Smith Plantati…
The historic Black Protestant Churches along with mainline Protestant and Catholic churches throughout the United States have long been alarmed by statistics that show the shrinking percentage of young adults in their congregations. Churches of all types are actively engaged in …
A Poetic Revolution: Ericka Huggins, Narrative Resistance, and Erotic Power is a historical and cultural study that broadens our understanding of the Black freedom movement by examining the conspiracy case and prison writing of former Black Panther Ericka Huggins. Using an archi…
Folklore: Rescuing Black America from Its Erroneous and Stereotypical Depictions in Literature is a thesis written to reconnect the Black Community’s tether to the foundational truths of the Black American story that were systematically severed. Unfortunately, because of slavery…
Social determinants of health (SDOH) are often used to discuss health inequities and systemic barriers experienced by minority populations. In the United States, the intersection of SDOH leaves these populations vulnerable to negative health outcomes. Missing from the SDOH disco…
This thesis explores the relationship between the persecution of missionaries in the Caribbean and the mobilisation of the British public against slavery. It focuses on the response in Britain following a major slave insurrection in Jamaica at Christmas 1831 when Baptist mission…
Christianity and Hip-Hop culture are often said to be at odds with one another. One is said to promote a lifestyle of righteousness and love, while the other is said to promote drugs, violence, and pride. As a result, the public has portrayed these two institutions as conflictin…
As early as 1787, free African Americans began making homes in the Easton, Maryland, neighborhood known as The Hill. Over successive generations, The Hill became the cultural and residential center of Easton’s African-American community. The families, businesses, institutions, s…
Although Black women have obtained doctoral degrees in various fields, there has been limited empirical research on their sense of belonging in a doctoral program. Black feminist thought was the theoretical model for this qualitative, descriptive, phenomenological study to under…
This study sought to add literature to the topic of Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs) that were part of the National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) by exploring the benefits of BGLO membership related to social change leadership development. There were no studies that explai…