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Home Grown Black Males

Journal Club Spring 2021 Flyer

By Race and Opportunity LabJanuary 18, 2021
Home Grown Black Males

Harnessing the power of pressure by Wesley Agee

By Race and Opportunity LabAugust 8, 2019
Harnessing the power of pressure by Wesley Agee
Like a diamond formed by the weight of the Earth, I feel an immense pressure to perform as a student, a son, a father, a husband-to-be, and a young black man. The pressure of these roles could make or break a man and reveal to the world his true character – especially during the most […]
Home Grown Black Males

Black struggle, white privilege and the need for mentorship by Andre Walker

By Race and Opportunity LabAugust 1, 2019
Black struggle, white privilege and the need for mentorship by Andre Walker
As a black man, I felt significant pressure to succeed from my culture but lacked the support, tools and resources needed to help guide me on the road to achievement I so desperately wanted to reach. Sadly, the consequences of my reality did not go unnoticed. I struggled with keeping my grades up and, as […]
Home Grown Black Males

Changing the way we treat young black males by E. Charles Conway

By Race and Opportunity LabJuly 11, 2019
Changing the way we treat young black males by E. Charles Conway
It was August 9, 2014 and I was teaching a class in Cape Girardeau, when my phone started to vibrate non-stop. I picked the phone up and viewed a young black man lying in the street. I told the class that another brother had been shot in St. Louis. As I continued the class, the […]
Home Grown Black Males

Black depression and anxiety matter – and can be overcome by Brendan Underwood

By Race and Opportunity LabJuly 9, 2019
Black depression and anxiety matter – and can be overcome by Brendan Underwood
August 27, 2014 was the worst and best birthday of my life. The night of that birthday I was furious. My face was stained with tears of frustration and pain at what had transpired in Ferguson just 18 days earlier. On August 9, Michael Brown was gunned down in the middle of the street. His […]

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