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1 online resource (xxiv, 322 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-322). |
Contents |
Foreword / by Leon W. Chestang -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: moving beyond the controversy of the transracial adoption of black and biracial children -- Jim Crow era (1877-1954) -- Evelyn Rhodes, great grandmother and matriarch -- W. Wilson Goode Sr., first black mayor of Philadelphia (1984-92) -- Cyril C. Pinder, mentor and former national football league player -- Civil rights era (1955-72) -- Arthur E. McFarlane II, great grandson of W.E.B. du Bois and advocate for the preservation of cultural heritage -- Lora Kay (pseudonym), principal of a charter school in Washington, D.C -- Chester Jackson, professional adoption worker and adoptive father -- Henry Allen, professor of sociology -- Post-civil rights era (1973-present) -- Vershawn A. Young, author and scholar -- Michelle M. Hughes, adoption attorney and adoptive mother -- Mahisha Dellinger, CEO and founder of curls -- Deneta Howland Sells, physician and civil rights advocate -- Tabitha, child welfare bureau chief -- Bryan Post, CEO of the post institute for family-centered therapy and adoptee -- Shilease Hofmann, spouse of a transracial adoptee -- Chelsey Hines, foster care alumna and transracial adoptee -- Demetrius Walker, entrepreneur and cofounder of the DN/BE Apparel -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix: multicultural adoption plan -- Notes -- References. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Interracial adoption -- United States.
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Interracial adoption. |
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United States. |
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Adoptees -- Family relationships -- United States.
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Adoptees -- Family relationships. |
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Adoptees. |
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African Americans -- Race identity.
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African Americans -- Race identity. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Title |
Black Americans on transracial adoption |
ISBN |
9780231540483 (electronic book) |
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0231540485 (electronic book) |
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9780231172219 |
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0231172214 |
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