Tracing black family history from ancient Africa through slavery and Reconstruction to today, Billingsley examines the effects of technology, war, education, and the economy on black families across five distinct social classes. A provocative, myth-shattering survey of the dramatic changes in the black family today--hard-hitting and eminently ...
This 20th-anniversary edition of a modern classic by a leading black sociologist coincides with a rising awareness of how closely the fate of black families in America is related to the ultimate fate of America itself. Over 70,000 sold in previous editions.
Throughout the history of the African American people there has been no stronger resource for overcoming adversity than the black church. From its role in leading a group of free Blacks to form a colony in Sierra Leone in the 1790s to helping ex-slaves after the Civil War, and from playing major roles in the Civil Rights Movement to offering ...
This concise but comprehensive text provides a systematic account of the memory disorders, whether they result from psychological stress, traumatic injury, stroke, or degenerative disease of the brain. The major amnesia syndromes are covered in consistently organized chapters that give a clear description of the clinical signs and symptoms, ...
On May 13, 1862, the enslaved African American Robert Smalls (1839-1915) commandeered a Confederate warship, the Planter, from Charleston harbor and piloted the vessel to the Union blockade, thus securing his place in the annals of Civil War heroics. Slave, pilot, businessman, statesman, U.S. congressman - Smalls played many roles en route to ...
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