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Contemporary African American families : achievements, challenges, and empowerment strategies in the twenty-first century / edited by Dorothy Smith-Ruiz, Sherri Lawson Clark and Marcia J. Watson.
Van Pelt Library E185.86 .C5847 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge research in race and ethnicity ; 17.
- Routledge research in race and ethnicity ; 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American families--Social conditions.
- African American families.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 202 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
- Contents:
- Introduction and overview / Dorothy Smith-Ruiz
- Collateral damage: the impact of the incarceration of African American men on the mothers and children they leave behind / Earl Smith and Angela J. Hattery
- Examining fatherhood within the Black family / Jeffrey Shears and Joshua Kirven
- Grandparents' caregiving during the context of a natural disaster / Priscilla Gibson
- Mental and physical health disparities and older African Americans / Martha Crowther, Cassandra D. Ford, and Latrice Vinson
- The school-to-postsecondary pipeline: proposing proactive measures for African American youth's educational success / Chance W. Lewis, Marcia Watson, Tonya J. Rose
- Family matters: the role of familial support in the success of African American female STEM majors / Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Ashley Dawn Parker, Elizabeth Stearns, Melissa Dancey, and Stephanie Moller
- Home is where the wealth is: African Americans and the housing debacle / Sherri Lawson Clark
- Brew city bellwether: the changing landscape of the Black family in Milwaukee / Robert S. Smith and William I. Tchakirides
- The at-opportunity policy agenda: the Charlotte region's Black families, education, economics, and philanthropy / Patrick C. Graham
- "You must learn": how racial & ethnic socialization affirms Black identity among Black Americans and West Indians / Anthony Greene
- Black families today: the genius of Dr. Charles Vert Willie / Dorothy Smith-Ruiz
- Epilogue: the future of African American families / Dorothy Smith-Ruiz.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781138674684
- 1138674680
- OCLC:
- 959200419
- Publisher Number:
- 99969734317
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