Project MUSE®: Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men - Latest Articles
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Project MUSE®: Latest articles in Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men.daily12026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00text/htmlen-USVol. 1 (2012) - vol. 11 (2024)Latest Articles: Spectrum: A Journal on Black MenTWOProject MUSE®Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men2162-32522162-3244Latest articles in Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men. Feed provided by Project MUSE®Barriers and Supports to Engaging in Healthy Behaviors among Black Male Graduate Students
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/929329
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The 2021 life expectancy estimate at birth for non-Hispanic Black men was 66.7 years, the second shortest life expectancy behind Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native men, whose life expectancy was 61.5 years (Arias et al., 2022). Some of this variation in life expectancy may be explained by looking at the social determinants of health. The social determinants of health are conditions in one’s environment that impact their health, functioning, quality of life, and risk (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS], 2020). These determinants include economic stability, education access and quality, health care access and quality, neighborhood and built environment, and social and community context
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/575/image/coversmallBarriers and Supports to Engaging in Healthy Behaviors among Black Male Graduate Students2024-06-04text/htmlen-USBarriers and Supports to Engaging in Healthy Behaviors among Black Male Graduate Students2024-06-042024TWOProject MUSE®556122026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002024-06-04The Constructing and Deconstructing of the Myth and Curse of Black Men Raping White Women as Told by Ida B. Wells
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/929330
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On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old African American male, was pursued and fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch coordinator, under the guise of self-defense and defended his actions by saying that Trayvon looked suspicious (Botelho, 2012). In October 2016, Dhameer Bradley and Malik St. Hilaire, two African American male students, withdrew from Sacred Heart University due to backlash they received as a result of being accused of raping Nikki Yovino, a White woman, who later admitted that she lied about the rape as a ploy to try and land a boyfriend (Tepfer, 2018). On August 28, 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American male, was taken from his great uncle’s house
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/575/image/coversmallThe Constructing and Deconstructing of the Myth and Curse of Black Men Raping White Women as Told by Ida B. Wells2024-06-04text/htmlen-USThe Constructing and Deconstructing of the Myth and Curse of Black Men Raping White Women as Told by Ida B. Wells2024-06-042024TWOProject MUSE®1185942026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002024-06-04#Am I Next? A Qualitative Study of Young Black Men Navigating Structural Violence: A Journey of Survival
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/929331
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Through a variety of mechanisms, historical events and tragedies have influenced the mentality and view of mortality for Black men. These abuses, such as slavery, lynchings, and police brutality, have caused negative physical, mental, and sexual health outcomes among Black men. For example, young Black men aged 18 and older have the highest age-adjusted mortality rates and the worst mental health status of any racial or ethnic group in the United States (Motley & Banks, 2018). Additionally, young Black men ages 15–24 have higher rates of suicide compared to White men in the same age group (Blumberg et al., 2015; Kendrick, 2007; Pierre & Mahalik, 2005). Demonstrating the role of structural violence in mental health
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/575/image/coversmall#Am I Next? A Qualitative Study of Young Black Men Navigating Structural Violence: A Journey of Survival2024-06-04text/htmlen-US#Am I Next? A Qualitative Study of Young Black Men Navigating Structural Violence: A Journey of Survival2024-06-042024TWOProject MUSE®901152026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002024-06-04#OverPolicing Black Males via Targeting and Searches: Navigating Supposed Freedom(s) and (Social) Death at the Hands of Police Through Counterstorytelling
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/929332
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On January 7, 2023, five Black Memphis police officers of the Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods (SCORPION) unit, whose primary function was to police high crime areas in Memphis (Rojas, 2023), targeted 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, a Black man, for suspicion of reckless driving. Viral footage of an officer’s body cam captures officers forcefully placing Nichols’s hands behind his back while another officer delivers five punishing blows to Nichols, who was not armed. As Nichols intermittently calls for his mother, he was repeatedly struck with officers’ batons, punched, kicked, tased, and pepper sprayed (Caldwell et al., 2023). Officers’ reports claimed Nichols was irate and sweating
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/575/image/coversmall#OverPolicing Black Males via Targeting and Searches: Navigating Supposed Freedom(s) and (Social) Death at the Hands of Police Through Counterstorytelling2024-06-04text/htmlen-US#OverPolicing Black Males via Targeting and Searches: Navigating Supposed Freedom(s) and (Social) Death at the Hands of Police Through Counterstorytelling2024-06-042024TWOProject MUSE®1297602026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002024-06-04Charles V. Hamilton: A Tribute
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/929333
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Charles V. Hamilton is among a long list of old school Black political scientists who have transitioned over the last ten years. The W. S. Sayre Professor Emeritus of Government and Political Science at Columbia University, Hamilton was both a giant and pioneering social scientist. A Chicago PhD, Dr. Hamilton first came to my attention during my freshman year in college in the early 1980s. I was enrolled in an Introduction to Government class where the assigned textbook was American Government by Charles V. Hamilton. I remember the text like it was yesterday. A hardback book with a Black cover accompanied by an image of the Lincoln Memorial that took up more space than was needed. After all those years the book
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/575/image/coversmallCharles V. Hamilton: A Tribute2024-06-04text/htmlen-USCharles V. Hamilton: A Tribute2024-06-042024TWOProject MUSE®57972026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002024-06-04Africans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story by Boukary Sawadogo (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/929334
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In Africans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story, Boukary Sawadogo casts new light on the modern-day Africans in Harlem and their complex relationship with their predecessors and historical legacy. Many works have focused on the history and contributions of African Americans and left out Blacks who arrived in New York directly from Africa after the abolition of slavery. Africans from various nationalities are present in Harlem, adding to its ever-changing demographics and social landscape. So “Even though African communities are visibly present, they are not always part of the Harlem narrative” (13). While there are well-known community clusters around the city of New York, such as Chinatown and Little Italy, there
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/575/image/coversmallAfricans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story by Boukary Sawadogo (review)2024-06-04text/htmlen-USAfricans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story by Boukary Sawadogo (review)2024-06-042024TWOProject MUSE®84892026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002024-06-04