Black empowerment : social work in oppressed communities / Barbara Bryant Solomon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Solomon, Barbara Bryant, 1934-

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social work with African Americans.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

viii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 438 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, 1976.

Summary:

This book has been written primarily for social workers in training and in practice who are seeking more effective strategies for helping clients in black communities achieve personal and collective goals.

Contents:

Introduction

Part One / Defining Empowerment. Empowerment: in search of the elusive paradigm

Part Two / Philosophical and Scientific Foundations of Empowerment. Black communities: myth of reality? The helping professions in Black communities: the sociohistorical perspective. The mystique of science-based practice

Part Three / Power Blocks in Negative Images of Black. in genetic fiction. in black families. in peer groups. in schools. in organizations

Part Four / Strategies of Empowerment. Characteristics of the nonracist practitioner. Engaging Black client systems. Empowerment and the role of the practitioner. Designing service delivery systems

Epilogue: Social futurism in Black communities.

Notes:

"Clothbound editions of Columbia University Press books are Smyth-sewn and printed on permanent and durable acid-free paper."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy has embossed stamp "JB Library of Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

0231040865

OCLC:

2373452