Understanding the Impetus for Modern Student Activism for Justice at an HBCU: A Look at Personal Motivations

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Understanding the Impetus for Modern Student Activism for Justice at an HBCU: A Look at Personal Motivations
المؤلفون: Camille Gibson, Fay Williams
المصدر: The Urban Review. 52:263-276
بيانات النشر: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.
سنة النشر: 2019
مصطلحات موضوعية: Sociology and Political Science, media_common.quotation_subject, 05 social sciences, Social change, 050301 education, Gender studies, Anger, Social justice, Economic Justice, Injustice, Education, Transformative learning, Action (philosophy), Emic and etic, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Sociology, 0503 education, 050104 developmental & child psychology, media_common
الوصف: This study examined university students’ motivations for engaging in activism for justice. Of interest is what moved a sample of university youth at a historically Black university to get involved in the Jena Six protest of September 2007 given that cases of injustice have remained fairly commonplace in recent decades for persons of color. To answer this question, a qualitative text analysis of 80 essays that were written by undergraduate students as a requirement for a seat on a bus to the protest was performed. Data were coded initially using etic codes from the literature on reasons for student activism. The findings indicate that for males anger is a significant catalyst for action. In contrast, females described a transformative future orientation for their offspring as motivating them to stand and to march in the interest of justice. Such insights are likely of interest to those leading efforts for social justice.
تدمد: 1573-1960
0042-0972
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-019-00527-0
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::645c12970a7afdde994c733b10ecfb70
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-019-00527-0
Rights: CLOSED
رقم الانضمام: edsair.doi...........645c12970a7afdde994c733b10ecfb70
قاعدة البيانات: OpenAIRE
الوصف
تدمد:15731960
00420972
DOI:10.1007/s11256-019-00527-0