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African American Single Mothers
Language: en
Pages: 236
Authors: Bette Dickerson
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-01-17 - Publisher: SAGE

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The African American single-parent family has tended to be a scapegoat for a variety of social problems, ranging from poverty to drug abuse. As a result, there
Growing Up with a Single Parent
Language: en
Pages: 214
Authors: Sara McLanahan
Categories: Family & Relationships
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-01 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Nonwhite and white, rich and poor, born to an unwed mother or weathering divorce, over half of all children in the current generation will live in a single-pare
The Myth of the Missing Black Father
Language: en
Pages: 402
Authors: Roberta L. Coles
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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Common stereotypes portray black fathers as being largely absent from their families. Yet while black fathers are less likely than white and Hispanic fathers to
Raise Him Up
Language: en
Pages: 270
Authors: Derrick Moore
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-14 - Publisher: Thomas Nelson

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There is no greater hope for single mothers than to watch their sons succeed, and African-American single mothers face more adversity than most. Raise Him Up de
The Best Kept Secret
Language: en
Pages: 182
Authors: Roberta L. Coles
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-03-16 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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The Best Kept Secret studies the often-overlooked group of single, African American custodial fathers. While the media focuses on the increase of single mothers