This long-awaited revision of a classic work traces the unique development of business enterprises and other community organizations among black Americans from before the Civil War to the present.

Third volume of biographies of African American women community leaders in New York state.

Assesses the influence of family and school on African American students' college decision-making processes.

Explores the interdisciplinary dimensions of black studies.

An overview and critical appraisal of the work of influential sociologist and public intellectual William Julius Wilson.

Traces Morrison's theory of African American mothering as it is articulated in her novels, essays, speeches, and interviews.

Nationwide study of the proposal and adoption of minority-opportunity districts at the local level.

A compelling biography of a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, an eminent Chicago-trained sociologist, and a pioneering race relations leader.

A history of African American presence in the Hudson Valley region from the colonial period to the present.

Second volume of biographies of African American women community leaders in New York state.

The first comprehensive study of African American suburban political empowerment.

Biographies of African American women community leaders in New York state.

A ground-breaking look at how access to decision making in the public schools can be extended to all, even previously excluded segments of the community.

A groundbreaking treatment of heritage survival in African and African American cooking.

Explores the complex ways in which Blacks and Jews have portrayed each other in recent American literature.

Groundbreaking research on Black political participation and urban race relations on both sides of the Atlantic.

Presents the theoretical dimension of three decades of research on African-derived concepts of helping.

Traces the connection between slavery and the way in which black women fiction writers depict female characters and address gender issues, particularly maternity.

Examines the significant role played by the U. S. Supreme Court in shaping race relations and affecting civil rights in the period between the end of the Civil War and the 1954 Brown decision.

Explores the daily lives of a group of inner city residents, focusing particularly upon their language use and other types of literate strategies used to gain resources, access to social institutions, and respect.

An alternative pedagogical perspective toward the education of Black children is explored through the narratives of five African Canadian women teachers.

The first comprehensive chronicle of the events shaping African Americans’ views about Japan and the Japanese.

This first book-length study of Jesse Jackson's international activities places his activism abroad in theoretical and historical perspective and shows how it belongs to a tradition of U.S. citizen diplomacy as old as the Republic.

Offers insights into the creation of more effective and empowering schools and classrooms for Black males.

Experienced American educators discuss the impact of social inequalities created by racism and sexism on the U. S. educational system.