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Sightations in Black: Ekphrasis and the African American Ophthalmic Text by Turner, Christopher

“…This study investigates the role of ekphrasis—the verbal representation of visual representation—in the writing of Frederick Douglass, Zora Neale Hurston, Ralph Ellison, and Alice Walker with an emphasis on photography and argues for a tradition of this aesthetic in what I term the African American ophthalmic text. I use the term ophthalmic—diseases that afflict the eyes—not in its literal sense but as a collective metaphor for a range of psychological and ontological conditions related to vision. …”
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Systematic review of African-American women’s identity struggle in American drama by Alsanafi, Ismael Hasan, Mohd Noor, S.N.F.

“…This article carries out a review of the literatures of the related materials that approach the main area of my study which is African American women's lack of identity. As a result, black women in America experience various kinds of oppressions throughout their live but this issue has been changed in the second half of 20th century because of many social, political and literary movements. …”
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On the use of verlan to subtitle African American Vernacular English into French: transnational hybridity by Mevel, Pierre-Alexis

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Dietary patterns and health outcomes among African American maintenance hemodialysis patients by Tallman, Dina A., Latifi, Eno, Kaur, Deepinder, Sulaheen, Ayesha, Ikizler, T. Alp, Chinna, Karuthan, Mat Daud, Zulfitri 'Azuan, Karupaiah, Tilakavati, Khosla, Pramod

“…This study is a secondary analysis examining the association between dietary patterns and health outcomes in 101 African American (AA) maintenance hemodialysis (MHD) patients participating in the Palm Tocotrienols in Chronic Hemodialysis (PATCH) study. …”
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Can we do the right thing?: subtitling African American vernacular English into French by Mevel, Pierre-Alexis

“…Situated at the intersection of Translation Studies, Sociolinguistics and Film Studies, this thesis provides an analysis of the subtitling into French of a corpus of films portraying speakers of African American Vernacular English (henceforth AAVE). …”
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“It is time for the slaves to speak:” transatlantic abolitionism and African American activism in Britain 1835-1895 by Murray, Hannah-Rose

“…An essential part of this African American protest tradition was the creation and celebration of black testimony. …”
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The quest for identity of African American women from 1939 to 2000 in postmodern American Drama by Obaid, Ismael Hasan

“…This study was conducted to explore the oppression of African American women as well as to determine how their identity was in a struggle to gain in a selection of Postmodern American plays. …”
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Regression and Underrepresentation: An Analysis of the Decline in African American Fortune 500 CEO in the 21st Century by Dowe Jr., Michael

“…From the outside, diversity in Fortune 500 CEO positions is an issue that initially appeared to be trending in a positive direction in the 21st century. However, African Americans Fortune 500 CEOs numbers have dwindled to the current 3 reigning African American CEOS, down from a high of 6 in 2012. …”
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African-American TOMM40'523-APOE haplotypes are admixture of West African and Caucasian alleles by Roses, A., Lutz, M., Saunders, A., Goldgaber, D., Saul, R., Sundseth, S., Akkari, Patrick, Roses, S., Gottschalk, W., Whitfield, K., Vostrov, A., Hauser, M., Allingham, R., Burns, D., Chiba-Falek, O., Welsh-Bohmer, K.

“…Background: Several studies have demonstrated a lower apolipoprotein E4 (APOE e4) allele frequency in African-Americans, but yet an increased age-related prevalence of AD. …”
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"Boss Lady": the diagonal networks of African American women photographers from Reconstruction to the Harlem Renaissance by Brady, Emily

Subjects: “…african american women photographers…”
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Effectiveness of MAEA's interactive science programs in terms of African-American students' attitudes and classroom learning environment by Baynes, Darryl Lee

“…The effectiveness of MAEA’s interactive science programs was investigated for a sample of 269 disadvantaged African-American students in Columbus, Ohio, in terms of students’ perceptions of their science classroom learning environment and attitudes. …”
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Birth weight and the risk of atrial fibrillation in whites and African Americans: The atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study by Lawani, S., Demerath, E., Lopez, F., Soliman, E., Huxley, Rachel, Rose, K., Alonso, A.

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Jazz talks: representations & self-representations of African American music and its musicians from bebop to free jazz by Mazman, Alper

“…Chapter 2 further explores the African American views of music through James Baldwin short story, "Sonny's Blues". …”
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"I Didn't Know She Took Pictures": African American Women Photographers in the Long Civil Rights Movement by Brady, Emily Rose

Subjects: “…photographers; African American women photographers; Civil Rights Movement; Activism…”
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Effectiveness of MAEA's Interactive Science Program in Terms of African-American Students' Attitudes, Achievement and Classroom Learning Environment by Baynes, Darryl, Fraser, Barry

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Serum and dietary magnesium and incidence of atrial fibrillation in whites and in African Americans: Atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study by Misialek, J., Lopez, F., Lutsey, P., Huxley, Rachel, Peacock, J., Chen, L., Soliman, E., Agarwal, S., Alonso, A.

“…Conclusions: Lower serum Mg was associated with a higher AF risk, and this association was not different between whites and African Americans. Dietary Mg was not associated with AF risk.…”
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Age at menarche and risk of type 2 diabetes among African-American and white women in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study by Dreyfus, J., Lutsey, P., Huxley, Rachel, Pankow, J., Selvin, E., Fernández-Rhodes, L., Franceschini, N., Demerath, E.

“…Results: Adjusting for age and centre, we found that early age at menarche (8-11 vs 13 years) was associated with diabetes for white, but not African-American women in both the prevalent (white OR 1.72, 95% CI 1.32, 2.25; African-American OR 1.13, 95% CI 0.84, 1.51; interaction p = 0.043) and incident models (white HR 1.43, 95% CI 1.08, 1.89; African-American HR 1.20, 95% CI 0.87, 1.67; interaction p = 0.527). …”
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"Tap Dancing on the Racial Boundary": Racial Representation and Artistic Experimentation in the Films of Bill "Bojangles" Robinson by Durkin, Hannah Kate

Subjects: “…African American film performance…”
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Impact of age at smoking initiation, dosage, and time since quitting on cardiovascular disease in African Americans and whites: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study by Huxley, Rachel, Yatsuya, H., Lutsey, P., Woodward, M., Alonso, A., Folsom, A.

“…Despite reportedly having less tobacco exposure compared with whites, African Americans account for a disproportionate number of smoking-related deaths. …”
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The Activity Support Scale for Multiple Groups (ACTS-MG): Child-reported Physical Activity Parenting in African American and Non-Hispanic White Families by Lampard, Amy, Nishi, A., Baskin, M., Carson, T., Davison, K.

“…This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of a child-report, multidimensional measure of physical activity (PA) parenting, the Activity Support Scale for Multiple Groups (ACTS-MG), in African American and non-Hispanic white families. The ACTS-MG was administered to children aged 5 to 12 years. …”
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