Black Families

Part I: Historical Conceptualizations of Black Families 1. African American Families: A Historical Note - John Hope Franklin 2. The Nguzo Saba and the Black Family: Principles and Practices of Well-Being and Flourishing - Maulana Karenga and Tiamoyo Karenga 3. Interpreting the African Heritage in African American Family Organization - Niara Sudarkasa Part II. Theoretical Conceptualizations of African American Families 4. Conceptualizations and Research of African American Family Life in the U.S.: Some Thoughts - Jualynne Elizabeth Dodson 5. African American Family Life: An Instrument of Culture - Wade W. Nobles 6. African American Education: A Cultural-Ecological Perspective - John U. Ogbu Part III. Spirituality and Religion in Black Families 7. Religion in African American Families - Harriette Pipes McAdoo 8. Old-Time Religion: Benches Can't Say "Amen" - William Harrison Pipes 9. Sources of Racial Socialization: Theological Orientation of African American Churches and Parents - Pamela P. Martin and Harriette Pipes McAdoo 10. Death in the Family: Historical Description and Funerary Display in African American Families - LaTrese Evette Adkins Part IV. Family Patterns 11. African American Demographic Images - Harriette Pipes McAdoo 12. African American Female-Headed Households: Some Neglected Dimensions - Niara Sudarkasa 13. The Significant Other: Type and Mode of Influence in the Lives of Black Families - Wilhelmina Manns Part V. Socialization Within African American Families 14. Parenting of Young Children in Black Families: A Historical Note - Marie Ferguson Peters 15. The Roles of African American Fathers in the Socialization of Their Children - Jonathan N. Livingston and John L. McAdoo 16. Family First, Then the World: The "Know-It-All" Aunt and Her Three Nephews - Darlene Clark Hine 17. Kin Keepers: Breast Cancer Prevention for African American Women - Karen Patricia Williams 18. Family Therapy: A Help-Seeking Option Among Middle-Class African Americans - Monica Mouton-Sanders Part VI. African American Gender Relations 19. An Overview of Race and Marital Status - Robert Staples 20. In Search of Love and Commitment: Dealing With the Challenging Odds of Finding Romance - Audrey B. Chapman 21. Practices and Attitudes Toward Contraception in the Black Community - Algea Othella Hale Part VII. Family Policies and Advocacy 22. A Portrait of Inequality - Marian Wright Edelman 23. The Impact of Welfare Reform on Black Families - Robert B. Hill