Black Americans in Higher Education

"Narrating the realities of teacher burn out, the reception of a Black intelligentsia, and HIV awareness in local communities, the eighth volume of Africana Studies explores Higher Education across the US as inextricably related to contemporary issues facing African Americans. Featuring the work of Terrell Thomas, Gwen Alfred, Kevin Thompson, Jasmine Williams, TaNeisha Page, Drew Brown, Grace Loudd, Derek Wilson, DaVonte Lyons, Jackie Gerard, Tanisha Stanford, Lanetta Dickens, Brittany Slatton, and James L. Conyers, this collection presents a deeper, cross-cultural understanding of Higher Education that conveys the many ways its intersections can promote the agency of African Americans"--