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Angola and Sudan's foreign policy toward China: An analysis of the human security impacts on the populations of these countries	College students' perceived weight status, knowledge, attitudes, and practices, in relation to BMI classification and lifestyle weight management

Quince Duncan's novel, "La paz del pueblo", as liberation literature	Confronting the patriarchy: Luz Argentina Chiriboga and Shirley Campbell

"Expanding the canon": Sister Souljah and Sapphire, two non-canonical Black female writers carving out space to shape the Black female image within the tradition of Black female writers	Risk factor for metabolic syndrome in African-American, Mexican-American, and Caucasian adolescents

The misdiagnosis of schizophrenia in African-American mood disorder outpatients	The relationship of self-evaluation and other correlates on African-American racial identity and attitudes towards outgroups

The academic motivation of high- and low-achieving young African-American adolescents from single-parent households	Black is beautiful: Body image in Black women

The Black-White achievement gap: Predictors of fourth grade students' reading and mathematics scores in the District of Columbia and the State of Maryland	The relationship between womanism, Black women's body image, and their attitudes towards the depiction of Black women in rap music videos

Risk factors for osteoporosis in African-American, Mexican-American, and Caucasian women	Obesity prevention in black college students: An evaluation of a lifestyle weight management program

Re-presenting the Black image: An examination of the Black image in film and the social construction of Blackness	African-American adolescent males' involvement in the juvenile justice system: An exploratory analysis

Representing Africa: African images in African and western films and the ideologies that govern those images	HIV risk factors in African-American men: The relationship between body-mind-spirit well-being, sexual identity and sexual behavior among men who have sex with men

Differences in body shape perceptions of ideal body shapes between black male and female college students and body image discrepancies	The effects of mainstream cultural orientation on emotion-focused coping strategies among African-American college students

Racial solidarity among African Americans: Towards an empirical measure	The effect of communalism and verve on the academic performance of African-American elementary school students

Women and crime: The relationship between selected social and demographic factors and female crime in the United States, 1985--1997	Out of the land: The quilts of the Bendolph family

The impact of communalism and testing on recall among African-American elementary school students	What is the nature of African American adolescents implicit theories of intelligence?: An Exploratory Study

Examining Media Influences on the Decisions of Sexual Risky Behaviors of College Students who Attend a Historically Black College or University	Ghrelin as a Potential Biomarker for Obesity in African-American Adolescents

Skin Color Preferences: Beyond Skin Deep	The Relationships of Overweight/Obesity, Hypertension, and Physical Activity to Type 2 Diabetes in African Americans, Whites and Mexican Americans

Quilting Liberation: Decoding the Geography of Freedom in Breena Clarke's "Stand the Storm" and James McBride's "Song Yet Sung"	El Currulao: Expresion Cultural de Resistencia Negra en el Pacifico Colombiano

DNA Variation in FOXP3 and DRD2 and Its Association with C-Reactive Protein	The impact of kindergarten scheduling, gender, geographic location and parental involvement on the achievement and behavior of African-American children

Twenty-five years of accreditation in Journalism and Mass Communication at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1982--2007	Lay midwifery in Jamaica and the United States

Displacement and psychological functioning of African-American survivors of Hurricane Katrina	Psychosocial correlates of depressive symptoms among African-American children

If mama's not happy, nobody's happy: An exploration of the influence of stigma, disclosure and family coping on the transmission of maternal depression to children in African-American families affected by HIV/AIDS	African-American communication: The continuity and extension through talk elements of commercial black radio

Individual and familial influences on psychological functioning and help-seeking behavior of Black college students	Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in adolescents: Are the diagnostic criteria appropriate for African Americans?

Barack Obama's transnational translation: A rhetoric of postmodern unity	African-American mothers with serious and persistent mental illness: Social support, parenting satisfaction, and parenting style

Exploring the ideology of intensive mothering and the dialectical tensions of modern motherhood: A qualitative inquiry	Racial identity attitudes and coping strategies in African Americans with sickle cell disease

Politics and the pulpit in the African-American church: A theoretical investigation of four pastor politicians	Stress and violence exposure as predictors of substance use among African Americans: Exploring the moderating effects of family cohesion and family violence

Race self complexity within Multiracial college students: Negotiating the suppression of Multiracial integration	Multiculturalism in the public relations agency: An exploratory study of the experiences of Afro-Brazilians as public relations practitioners

The role of perceived discrimination on black-white differences in political efficacy and likelihood in voting	Context matters: An examination of the role of stress on psychosocial adjustment among African-American early adolescents

Haitian Creole dialogue, racial/ethnic identification and psychosocial adjustment among Haitian American college students	Role conflict among black police officers

News media, Black women, and Hurricane Katrina: Comparing localized content to local perceptions	People's poet: Mzwakhe Mbuli and the power of the poet in the liberation struggle and in the "new" South Africa

Future aspirations and African-American adolescents: An exploration of aspirations as a protective factor for positive youth development of African-American adolescent in public housing	Examining the impact of historical/developmental, sociodemographic, and psychological factors on passive suicide among African-American men

Anger, racism, caste discrimination, and posttraumatic stress disorder in African-American and Indian college students	The relationship between self-efficacy, resilience and academic achievement among African-American urban adolescent students

Training up the child: Youth participation and cultural pride in Black majority churches in Britain	UV exposure, vitamin D, and prostate cancer risk in African Americans

The continuity and extension of African-American communication dynamics through Black comic strips	Confronting reproductive health disparities for U.S.-born black women: Infant mortality and the quest for reproductive justice

The relationship of exposure to community violence among parents' psychological distress, satisfaction with life, parental socialization of emotions, & preschoolers' social emotional competence	Differences in self-concept, racial identity, self-efficacy, resilience, and achievement among African-American gifted and non-gifted students: Implications for retention and persistence of African Americans in gifted programs

Race self complexity and emotion: "How does it make you feel" to be Black in American society and culture?	Relationships between family and individual factors and black adolescent marijuana use

Predictors and correlates associated with the influence of spiritual coping on identity development of African American gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents	African American women, mandatory minimum sentencing, and crack cocaine: Voices unheard with a special focus on Prince George's County, Maryland

Baby Boomers in the Middle: Analysis of Social Supports Among African-American Caregivers	Black Entertainment Television News and Public Affairs Programming: An Historical-Comparative Analysis Pre- and Post-Ownership Transition (1996-2005)

Give the People What They Want: An Exploratory Analysis of News Satisfaction Levels Among African Americans	Color Blocked: A Rhetorical Analysis of Colorism and its Impact on Rap Lyrics in Hip Hop Music from 2005 to 2010

The Diary of a Black Female Millennial Blogger: A Discourse Analysis of Theybf.com	Assessing the Intention of Black Men Who Have Sex With Men to Receive an HIV Test After Exposure to HIV Testing Public Service Announcements: An Exploratory Study of Phase Two of the Act Against AIDS Campaign

An Investigation of Faculty Relationships as a Source of Motivation for STEM Undergraduates at a Historically Black University	The Evolution of a News Story: An Exploratory Case Study of African-American Audience Reception In the Duke Lacrosse News Story

The Cultural Geography of Insecurity in the African Great Lakes Region: Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo	Education and Pan-Africanism: A Case Study of Ghana, 1957--1966

The Effect of Mainstream Standards of Beauty on Body Image and Affective Processes in Black Women	Toward a Model for Industry Readiness, Preparedness and Leadership of African-American Millennial Media Arts Students

Shared and Unshared Literary Spaces of Women Who Kill Gayl Jones's "Eva's Man" and Bharati Mukherjee's "Jasmine": A Cross-Cultural Feminist Approach	Sexuality on the Beach: Understanding Empowerment and the Fluidity of Power Through the Lived Experiences of African American Women as Tourists in Jamaica

Constructing a Woman's "Reality": Examining Images of African-American Women in Six Selected Reality Television Docusoaps	Identifying the HIV Testing Beliefs Of Healthcare Provider Staff at a University Student Health Center: An Exploratory Study

"Let's Move": Examining First Lady Michelle Obama's Childhood Obesity Campaign in the News Media	We Didn't Expect You To Be So Good At It: Freedom, Inc. and Black Political Empowerment in Kansas City, Missouri, 1962--2007

The Intersection of Race, Culture, and Human Rights Discourses: A Critical Assessment of the Contributions from the African American Freedom Struggle from 1940--1970	From the Margins to the Center: African American English Vernacular in Mainstream America, 1995--2010

The Prospect of Justice: African-American Redress and The Ex-Slave Pension Movement, 1865--1937	Factors Influencing Depression Among Afro-Caribbean Women

Racism-Related Stress, Racial Identity and Its Effect on Eating Behaviors Among African American Women	Examining the Relationship of Self-Efficacy, Self-Motivation, Coping Styles and Body Image Satisfaction on Weight Loss Among Black Women

Socio-cultural Factors That Predict Marital Satisfaction Among Black Couples