TY - CHAP AB - Abstract This chapter explores how participating in campus leadership at HBCUs positively affects African American college student experiences. A review of existing research about the benefits of leadership involvement for African American students is followed by a discussion of student leadership at HBCUs. Next, motivations for being involved as leaders are discussed and described. The chapter concludes with recommendations for bolstering student motivations and involvement outcomes, as well as ways to increase African American student leadership at HBCUs. Specifically, this chapter is informed by empirical data gathered during in-depth focus groups with 13 African American student leaders (7 males, 6 women) who occupied leadership roles at their HBCU institutions. Two emergent themes are discussed: (1) playing the game, which spoke to the development of their leadership competencies; and (2) getting something out of it, which focused on building the leadership capital afforded to them as a result of their leadership. Recommendations for bolstering motivations and involvement outcomes for Black leader collegians are described in detail at the end of the chapter to provide insight about best practices of support for this student demographic. VL - 14 SN - 978-1-78635-522-5, 978-1-78635-521-8/1479-358X DO - 10.1108/S1479-358X20160000014010 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-358X20160000014010 AU - Hotchkins Bryan K. ED - M. Christopher Brown ED - T. Elon Dancy PY - 2017 Y1 - 2017/01/01 TI - Leading in the Black: African American HBCU Student Leadership Engagement Unpacked T2 - Black Colleges Across the Diaspora: Global Perspectives on Race and Stratification in Postsecondary Education T3 - Advances in Education in Diverse Communities PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 187 EP - 205 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -