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This chapter focuses on the geographic origins of the 68 Black matriculates. The narratives of those who were born and spent most of their early childhood in the South will be presented first, followed by those who were predominately raised in the North. The narratives, drawn from participants’ life history interviews, are meant to illuminate the similarities and differences in their journeys toward entering college related to the geographical context of their childhoods. The relevance of having college-educated parents, middle-class status, and neighborhood context to the encouragement of these collegians to pursue college is also discussed.
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Stewart, DL. (2017). Origins. In: Black Collegians’ Experiences in US Northern Private Colleges. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59077-0_2
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