Using an Afrocentric, feminist perspective, the contributors examine the history, legal dilemmas, media images, and religious values of these families. The roles of children, grandparents, fathers and other men, other support people, and the government are reviewed. Presenting an informed, insiders view of the African American single-mother household, the contributors suggest more effective and sensitive policy approaches and a more useful role for scholars and activists in this field.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Introduction - Gloria Ladson-Billings
• Acknowledgments
• The Education of Black Folk: Historical Perspectives
• Introduction - Derrick P. Alridge and V. P. Franklin
• 1 To Gain and to Lose: The Loving School and the African American Struggle for Education in Columbus, Ohio, 1831–1882 - Adah Ward Randolph
• 2 African American Educators and the Black Intellectual Tradition - Derrick P. Alridge
• 3 “They Rose or Fell Together”: African American Educators and Community Leadership, 1795–1954 - V. P. Franklin
• 4 The History of Black Women Graduate Students, 1921–1948 - Linda M. Perkins
• 5 Caught between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Dissolution of Black State Teachers Associations, 1954–1970 - Michael Fultz
• The Landscape of Teaching and Learning for African Americans in U.S. Schooling
• Introduction - Jacqueline Jordan Irvine
• 6 Identity, Agency, and Culture: Black Achievement and Educational Attainment - Peter C. Murrell Jr.
• 7 Cultural Community Practices as Urban Classroom Resources - Yolanda J. Majors and Sana Ansari
• 8 Preparing Teachers of African American Students in Urban Schools - H. Richard Milner IV
• 9 African American Teachers' Caring Behaviors: The Difference Makes a Difference - Mari Ann Roberts and Jacqueline Jordan Irvine
• 10 After “It Takes a Village”: Mapping the Terrain of Black Parental Involvement in the Post-Brown Era - Cheryl Fields-Smith
• African American Leaders in PK-12 Educational Leadership
• Introduction - Linda C. Tillman
• 11 African American Principals and the Legacy of Brown - Linda C. Tillman
• 12 Leadership Challenges in K-12 Urban Education: Prospective African American Administrators' Views on Educating African American Students and Closing the Achievement Gap - Robert Cooper and Will J. Jordan
• 13 The Confluence of Race, Gender, and Generation in the Lives of African American Women Principals - Tondra L. Loder-Jackson
• 14 Race, Law, and Leadership: Exploring the Interest-Convergence Dilemma - Mark A. Gooden
• 15 African American Superintendents in Public School Districts - Kay Lovelace Taylor and Linda C. Tillman
• African Americans in Higher Education
• Introduction - Kofi Lomotey
• 16 Exclusions and Illusions: Rethinking the Mysterious UC Admissions Process That Disadvantages Deserving African American Students - Eddie Comeaux and Walter R. Allen
• 17 Hip Hop: A Source of Empowerment for African American Male College Students - Jon A. Yasin
• 18 Campuswide Climate: Implications for African American Students - William A. Smith
• 19 Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Catalysts to Liberation? - Kofi Lomotey and Sessi S. F. Aboh
• 20 The Power of Pathways: Strategies for the Preparation of African American Faculty - Lynette L. Danley, Roderic R. Land and Kofi Lomotey
• Current Issues: Theory and Research on the Participation of African Americans in U.S. Education
• Introduction - Gwendolyn Cartledge
• 21 Critical Race Studies in Education and the “Endarkened” Wisdom of Carter G. Woodson - Marvin Lynn and Thurman L. Bridges III
• 22 Educating and Counseling African American Students: Recommendations for Teachers and School Counselors - James L. Moore III and Delila Owens
• 23 The Education of African American Children in Charter Schools: Four Case Studies - Carol E. Malloy and Richard Noble III
• 24 Disproportionality of African American Children in Special Education: Definition and Dimensions - Gwendolyn Cartledge and Charles Dukes
• 25 Toward Understanding African American Males and K-12 Education - James Earl Davis
• African Americans Shaping Educational Policy
• Introduction - Jennifer Beaumont
• 26 Creating Opportunities for Educational Success: Oral Histories of four African Americans Shaping Education Policy - Jennifer Beaumont
• 27 Realities and Responsibilities in the Education Village - Eric J. Cooper
• 28 Creating a New Model of Education for African American Children: Mobilizing Stakeholder Partners in Service to Sustained Academic Success - Sabrina Hope King and Nancy M. Cardwell
• 29 Beyond Segregation: The Continuing Struggle for Educational Equity 50 Years After Brown v. Board of Education - Sheilah D. Vance
• 30 Educating Black Youth for Economic Empowerment: Democratic Economic Participation and School Reform Practices and Policies - Jessica Gordon Nembhard
• Epilogue: Black Education Post-Katrina: And All Us We are Not Saved - Joyce Elaine King
• Appendix: Graduate School Programs to Prepare Future Faculty of Color - Lynette L. Danley, Roderic R. Land and Kofi Lomotey
• About the Editor
• About the Section Editors
• About the Contributors