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Author Roorda, Rhonda M., 1969-

Title In their voices : black Americans on transracial adoption / Rhonda M. Roorda.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiv, 322 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography 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.
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Subject Interracial adoption -- United States.
Interracial adoption.
United States.
Adoptees -- Family relationships -- United States.
Adoptees -- Family relationships.
Adoptees.
African Americans -- Race identity.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Title Black Americans on transracial adoption
ISBN 9780231540483 (electronic book)
0231540485 (electronic book)
9780231172219
0231172214