How Race Affects What we Study on University of Illinois Campus

Educating the world about people and events of the world is vital to getting people to understand and appreciate diversity. Unfortunately, many events and people of the African American tradition are left out and therefore even African Americans have a hard time identifying with who they are and what they have been through as a people beyond slavery and the Civil Rights Movement. It is my firm belief that with the proper education of African American history???including how Black culture can and has benefitted the world???African Americans will develop a sense of self-efficacy that had, until now, been lacking. In light of this, I wanted to investigate the possibility that Black folks that have been educated about themselves have been able to develop a sense of identity and would want to study more based on their growing intrigue. My reasons for doing the research that I have decided to do is to uncover the way that African American college students feel about the classes that they take and whether or not these classes have an affect on their developing selves