LMU/LLS Theses and Dissertations Summer 8-2017 Ball is Life: Black Male Student-Athletes Narrate Their Division I Experiences Eno Attah Meekins Loyola Marymount University,
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[email protected]. LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY Ball is Life: Black Male Student-Athletes Narrate Their Division I Experiences by Eno Attah Meekins A dissertation proposal presented to the Faculty of the School of Education, Loyola Marymount University, In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education 2017 Ball is Life: Black Male Student-Athletes Narrate Their Division I Experiences Copyright © 2017 by Eno Attah Meekins ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to thank all those who have guided, mentored, supported, and encouraged me during this dissertation journey. What a journey it has been! I thank God for the strength, perseverance, and grace to endure each challenge that I confront. I am grateful for Grace, my mother, who no longer physically walks this Earth, but has always and continues to walk with me in spirit.