Recently added articles from The Western Journal of Black Studies:
Confronting the crisis: organ transplantation in the African American Community.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Organ and tissue transplantation is increasingly successful as biomedicine and surgical techniques have advanced and multiplied since the 1960s. Recent televised appeals for organ and bone marrow donation have increased the public's awareness of these advances. Survival rates have risen ...
Not even a Blue Box: Afro-Indian relations in Black History textbooks.
Jun 22, 2008; ... In Common with most senior professors I now readily and comfortably concede that I learn as much from my undergraduates as I do from colleagues and from research. When I was a junior professor, of course, I admitted no such thing as I regularly reminded myself that I (replete even surfeit ...
What's race got to do with it? Looking for the racial dimensions of gentrification.
Jun 22, 2008; ... "White people walking their dogs." This simple sight has eyebrows raised and heads turning, in a predominantly black area of Nashville, Tennessee, which is said to be in the early stages of gentrification. The spotting of white dogwalkers--along with spanking new condos squeezed in between ...
Instructional technologies designed by and for African Americans: an examination of several works.
Jun 22, 2008; ... When society has failed to properly educate black people, African Americans have created instructional products, using the available technologies, to better educate themselves. These instructional technologies exemplify products that are culture specific or specialized to a particular ...
Afros and elephants: Black Republican candidates running statewide in 2006.
Jun 22, 2008; ... Introduction For a variety of reasons, some Republican Party strategists and activists have long advocated that the party increase its efforts to win more African American votes. Increased outreach is of paramount importance, as the party struggles to maintain its position in ...