Contemporary African American Families: Achievements, Challenges, and Empowerment Strategies in the Twenty-First Century - Paperback

by Dorothy Smith-Ruiz (Editor), Sherri Lawson Clark (Editor), Marcia Watson (Editor)

This volume provides a nuanced understanding of the ways in which contemporary contexts of global economies, changes in public policies, tracking in education, health disparities, parenting practices and changes in family structure shape the present and future lived experiences of African-American families.

Author Biography

Dorothy Smith-Ruiz is Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Sherri Lawson Clark is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Marcia Watson is Assistant Professor of Elementary Education at Towson University in Baltimore County, Maryland.