Award Date

5-1-2025

Degree Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Department

Teaching and Learning

First Committee Member

Christine Clark

Second Committee Member

Iesha Jackson

Third Committee Member

Steven Bickmore

Fourth Committee Member

Joe Bynum

Number of Pages

182

Abstract

This dissertation explored the lived realities of Black-American, Muslim males and their attitudes, perceptions, histories, and endurances toward higher learning in America. It attempted to join and contribute to the more significant, historical, and extant conversations and literature on Black-American males and education, as well as their successes and failures. This dissertation adds to the dearth of literature on the intersection of Black-American, Muslim males, and education, and using jazz as an epistemological way of navigating and organizing the content, the research works to uncover, locate, and define an Islamic consciousness. While negating racist histories concomitant with the American narrative and conscience, this dissertation ultimately liberates the researcher and his ensemble. It offers a true democracy to the research contributors and those who riff behind this performance.

Keywords

Black-American; Education; Islam; Male; Sunnah; Sunni

Disciplines

African American Studies | Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Islamic Studies | Race and Ethnicity

File Format

pdf

File Size

1615 KB

Degree Grantor

University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Language

English

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