NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 2 results Save | Export
Jones, Ferdinand – 1981
The construction of hypotheses concerning blacks in America requires an understanding of two enduring influences on collective black experience: (1) whites' treatment of blacks as slaves and (2) West African culture that helped to shape black adaptation to the conditions engendered by slavery. White racist attitudes and the psychological distance…
Descriptors: African Culture, Black Attitudes, Black Community, Black History
Swap, Susan McAllister; Krasnow, Jean – 1992
Representing part of the first phase of a 5-year ethnographic research project, this report explores connections between school achievement and Irish ethnicity. Part 1 of the report reviews Irish history from 400 B.C. through the Irish famines of the mid-1800s, highlighting England's cultural and economic suppression of Ireland. Part 2 describes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Acculturation, Community Organizations, Cultural Background