{"product_id":"educating-african-american-males-9781433108525","title":"Educating African American Males","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book's predecessor, \u003ci\u003eBlack Sons to Mothers: Compliments, Critiques, and Challenges for Cultural Workers in Education\u003c\/i\u003e (Peter Lang, 2000), sparked a decade of meaningful scholarship on the educational experiences and academic outcomes of African American males. \u003ci\u003eBlack Sons to Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e proffered seminal contributions to the academic literature on the achievement gap, differential instruction, and minority schooling, and inspired further research  countless books, articles and reports written since about the educational challenges and successes of African American males directly reference the work.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEducating African American Males: Contexts for Consideration, Possibilities for Practice\u003c\/i\u003e continues, extends, and advances the research and conversations introduced in \u003ci\u003eBlack Sons to Mothers\u003c\/i\u003e. The chapters in this volume were commissioned by the Alphas in the Academy Committee (AAC) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated. The AAC addresses issues incident to c\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: T. Elon Dancy II: Sociohistorical Contexts of African American Male Education: An Analysis of Race, Class, and Gender – Roland W. Mitchell: Questions from the Soul\/Sole: Examining the Critical Work in Educational Practice – George L. Wimberly: Understanding Social Capital and the African American School Experience – James Earl Davis: Negotiating Masculinity in College: African American Males and Academic Engagement – H. Richard Milner IV: A Talk to Teachers about Black Male Students – Mark A. Gooden: Exploring the Property Rights and Liberty Interests of African American Males in Public Schools: Confronting the Denial of Education under the Guise of Maintaining Order – Terrell L. Strayhorn: And Their Own Received Them Not: Black Gay Male Undergraduates’ Experiences with White Racism, Black Homophobia – Robert T. Palmer: Barriers to Persistence for Black Male Collegians at an Historically Black University: An Exploratory Study – Issam Khoury: «It’s a Manhood Thing»: Pledging, Masculinity, and Identity Development in Black Greek Fraternities – M. Christopher Brown II: Slaughtering the Innocents: The (Mis-)Education of African American Males – Timothy K. Eatman: Appendix: Thematic Bibliography on Black Males in Education.","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039520325975,"sku":"9781433108525","price":99.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433108525.jpg?v=1750943951","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/educating-african-american-males-9781433108525","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}