Spring 2006 Schedule

These UWM humanities and social science scholars will discuss their recent research activities, and how library resources and services helped facilitate the research process.

All presentations are free and open to the public, and will be held in:

Room 281, Golda Meir Library
Second Floor, East Wing
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

APRIL 21

Lillie Adams
PhD Candidate in the Dept. of Urban Education
2004-05 Chancellor's Golda Meir Library Scholar Award Winner

False Hopes and Shattered Dreams of
African-American Males: The Promise of Mentoring

Lillie Adams, a recipient of the 2005/2006 Chancellor’s Golda Meir Library Research Award, will discuss her award-winning research on African-American males and mentoring. Adams posits a duality in the African-American male experience. There are, on the one hand, black males who are achieving success in the United States. Some are seeing unprecedented advances in sports, entertainment, academia, and corporate America. However, far too many young black males have not been able to take advantage of the opportunities that exist in this country. As a result, young African-American males are encountering false hopes and shattered dreams. It is well documented that, on the whole, black males are among the most distressed and misguided segments of America’s population. Bleak statistics confirm that during the past quarter century, the social and economic status of African-American males has steadily deteriorated. As a result of socio-economic barriers and societal neglect, many black males have not been able to achieve success in America. Recent statistics indicate that far too many black males in this country are killing each other, selling or using drugs, engaging in illicit activities and behaviors, and filling America’s prisons at alarming rates. Educators, policy makers, and social work administrators need answers to the question of what can be done to turn the tide of violence, hopelessness, and alienation that grips the community of African-American males. Lillie Adams’s lecture is an attempt to rethink the old problems and to suggest some possible solutions.

These UWM arts, humanities and social science scholars will discuss their recent research activities, and how library resources and services helped facilitate the research process.

For more information, please contact Max Yela, Special Collections, at (414) 229-4345.