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Alston, Reginald Thames, Titus 2019-08-23T20:00:14Z 2019-08-23T20:00:14Z 2019-04-24 2019-05 Over the past few decades, enlistment rates for African American men have experienced a steady decline. Military experience is thought to be beneficial to African American individuals and communities by creating an up-springing foundation towards wellness. Historically, African American men have participated at high rates in every war in which America has been involved, until recent decades. Black men have been proud and willing to serve in the US military in hopes of receiving socioeconomic advancements and fair opportunities. The percentage of black male participation in the military is proportional to their representation the US population, while the percentage of black women serving in the military today is nearly double their representation in the United States. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between African American manhood and perspectives on enlistment into today’s military. It was found that African American men who experience college value quality of life over service to country. Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2019-08-22 without embargo terms The student, Titus Thames, accepted the attached license on 2019-04-22 at 17:03. The student, Titus Thames, submitted this Thesis for approval on 2019-04-22 at 17:08. This Thesis was approved for publication on 2019-04-24 at 17:55. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #13830 on 2019-08-22 at 14:46:02 Made available in DSpace on 2019-08-23T20:00:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 THAMES-THESIS-2019.pdf: 329230 bytes, checksum: 601cea3c708cfc0800b9f4640329793b (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4209 bytes, checksum: 3a207470915207e87521f411d534523a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2019-04-24 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104904 en Copyright 2019 Titus Thames African American males military enlistment Black male enlistment: Exploring the relationship between African American manhood and benefits/disadvantages of enlisting into the military text text Kinesiology & Community Health Community Health University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Thesis M.S.