Black Family in Urban Areas in the United States Number 471
Author: Debra Reece
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780686203544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRead and Download eBook Full
Author: Debra Reece
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780686203544
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Beryl Satter
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2010-03-02
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 1429952601
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPart family story and part urban history, a landmark investigation of segregation and urban decay in Chicago -- and cities across the nation The "promised land" for thousands of Southern blacks, postwar Chicago quickly became the most segregated city in the North, the site of the nation's worst ghettos and the target of Martin Luther King Jr.'s first campaign beyond the South. In this powerful book, Beryl Satter identifies the true causes of the city's black slums and the ruin of urban neighborhoods throughout the country: not, as some have argued, black pathology, the culture of poverty, or white flight, but a widespread and institutionalized system of legal and financial exploitation. In Satter's riveting account of a city in crisis, unscrupulous lawyers, slumlords, and speculators are pitched against religious reformers, community organizers, and an impassioned attorney who launched a crusade against the profiteers—the author's father, Mark J. Satter. At the heart of the struggle stand the black migrants who, having left the South with its legacy of sharecropping, suddenly find themselves caught in a new kind of debt peonage. Satter shows the interlocking forces at work in their oppression: the discriminatory practices of the banking industry; the federal policies that created the country's shameful "dual housing market"; the economic anxieties that fueled white violence; and the tempting profits to be made by preying on the city's most vulnerable population. Family Properties: Race, Real Estate, and the Exploitation of Black Urban America is a monumental work of history, this tale of racism and real estate, politics and finance, will forever change our understanding of the forces that transformed urban America. "Gripping . . . This painstaking portrayal of the human costs of financial racism is the most important book yet written on the black freedom struggle in the urban North."—David Garrow, The Washington Post
Author: Adepoju G. Onibokun
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lenwood G. Davis
Publisher:
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lenwood G. Davis
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 632
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK160 selected references to journal articles and books published in the United States during 1875-1973. Alphabetical arrangement by authors in separate lists for articles and books. No index.
Author: Lenwood G. Davis
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 11
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lenwood G. Davis
Publisher:
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Halaevalu F.O. Vakalahi, PhD
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: 2015-09-08
Total Pages: 485
ISBN-13: 0826130755
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe experiences of African Americans in urban communities are distinct from those of other ethnic groups, and to be truly understood require an in-depth appreciation of the interface between micro- and macro-level factors. This sweeping text, an outgrowth of a groundbreaking urban social work curriculum, focuses exclusively on the African-American experience through field education, community engagement, and practice. It presents a framework for urban social work practice that encompasses a deep understanding of the challenges faced by this community. From a perspective based on empowerment, strengths, and resilience; cultural competence; and multi-culturalism; the book delivers proven strategies for social work practice with the urban African-American population. It facilities the development of creative thinking skills and the ability to ìmeet people where they are,î skills that are often necessary for true transformation to take root. The book describes an overarching framework for understanding and practicing urban social work, including definitions and theories that have critical implications for working with people in such communities. It encompasses the contributions of African American pioneers regarding a response to such challenges as poverty, oppression, and racism. Focusing on the theory, practice, and policy aspects of urban social work, the book examines specific subsets of the urban African-American population including children, adults, families and older adults. It addresses the challenges of urban social work in relation to public health, health, and mental health; substance abuse; criminal justice; and violence prevention. Additionally, the book discusses how to navigate the urban built environment and the intersection between African Americans and other diverse groups. Chapters include outcome measures of effectiveness, case studies, review questions, suggested activities, and supplemental readings. Key Features: Fills a void in the literature on urban social work practice with African Americans Presents the outgrowth of a renowned urban curriculum, field education, research, community engagement, and practice Fulfills the requirements of the CSWE in the Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards regarding diversity Synthesizes micro, mezzo, and macro content in each chapter Provides contributions from African-American pioneers in urban social work practice
Author: Robert Bernard Hill
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9780761824688
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHill, a Black social scientist and research director of the National Urban League, discloses the weaknesses of previous biased studies on the Black family and looks at five traits which characterize thriving Black families: strong kinship bonds, strong work orientation, adaptability of family roles, strong achievement orientation, and strong religious orientation. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Author: Elmer P. Martin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1980-02-15
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780226507972
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMisunderstood and stereotyped, the black family in America has been viewed by some as pathologically weak while others have acclaimed its resilience and strength. Those who have drawn these conflicting conclusions have gnerally focused on the nuclear family—husband, wife, and dependent children. But as Elmer and Joanne Martin point out in this revealing book, a unit of this kind often is not the center of black family life. What appear to be fatherless, broken homes in our cities may really be vital parts of strong and flexible extended families based hundreds of miles away—usually in a rural area. Through their eight-year study of some thirty extended families, the Martins find that economic pressures, including federal tax and welfare laws, have begun to make the extended family's flexibility into a liability that threatens its future.