Black Families

Preface to the Fourth Edition ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii Part I. Historical Conceptualizations of Black Families 1(48) 1. African American Families: A Historical Note 3(4) John Hope Franklin 2. The Nguzo Saba and the Black Family: Principles and Practices of Well-Being and Flourishing 7(22) Maulana Karenga and Tiamoyo Karenga 3. Interpreting the African Heritage in African American Family Organization 29(20) Niara Sudarkasa Part II. Theoretical Conceptualizations of African American Families 49(46) 4. Conceptualizations and Research of African American Family Life in the United States: Some Thoughts 51(18) Jualynne Elizabeth Dodson 5. African American Family Life: An Instrument of Culture 69(10) Wade W. Nobles 6. African American Education: A Cultural-Ecological Perspective 79(16) John U. Ogbu Part III. Spirituality and Religion in Black Families 95(60) 7. Religion in African American Families 97(4) Harriette Pipes McAdoo 8. Old-Time Religion: Benches Can't Say "Amen" 101(24) William Harrison Pipes 9. Sources of Racial Socialization: Theological Orientation of African American Churches and Parents 125(18) Pamela P. Martin and Harriette Pipes McAdoo 10. Death in the Family: Historical Descriptions and Funerary Display of African American Families 143(12) LaTrese Evette Adkins Part IV. Family Patterns 155(46) 11. African American Demographic Images 157(15) Harriette Pipes McAdoo 12. African American Female-Headed Households: Some Neglected Dimensions 172(12) Niara Sudarkasa 13. The Significant Other: Type and Mode of Influence in the Lives of Black Families 184(17) Wilhelmina Manns Part V. Socialization Within African American Families 201(78) 14. Parenting of Young Children in Black Families: A Historical Note 203(16) Marie Ferguson Peters 15. The Roles of African American Fathers in the Socialization of Their Children 219(19) Jonathan N. Livingston and John L. McAdoo 16. Family First, Then the World: The "Know-It-All" Aunt and Her Three Nephews 238(10) Darlene Clark Hine 17. Kin Keepers: Breast Cancer Prevention for African American Women 248(15) Karen Patricia Williams 18. Family Therapy: A Help-Seeking Option Among Middle-Class African Americans 263(16) Monica Mouton Sanders Part VI. African American Gender Relations 279(38) 19. An Overview of Race and Marital Status 281(4) Robert Staples 20. In Search of Love and Commitment: Dealing With the Challenging Odds of Finding Romance 285(12) Audrey B. Chapman 21. Practices and Attitudes Toward Contraception in the Black Community 297(20) Algea Othella Hale Part VII. Family Policies and Advocacy 317(22) 22. A Portrait of Inequality 319(9) Marian Wright Edelman 23. The Impact of Welfare Reform on Black Families 328(11) Robert B. Hill Index 339(16) About the Editor 355(1) About the Contributors 356