Title African American females : addressing challenges and nurturing the future / edited by Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher and Vernon C. Polite

Published East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, [2013] ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 389 pages) Series Courageous Conversations Courageous conversations series. Contents Foreword / Carol Camp Yeakey -- Part I. K-12 Educational Experiences of African American Females. Trends in Cultural, Social, and Symbolic Capital Post-No Child Left Behind: Implications for African American Female Cognitive and Noncognitive Achievement in Michigan Public Schools / RoSusan D. Bartee -- It Can Be Done and It Must Be Done: Creating Educational Excellence for African American Girls in Urban Science Classrooms / Robert W. Simmons III -- The Experiences of Gifted African American Females: "Damned If You Are and Damned If You Aren't" / Deborah A. Harmon and Donna Y. Ford -- Part 2. Pathway to the Professions: African American Females on Both Sides of the Desk. A Needle in a Haystack: The Search for African American Female Teachers in K-12 Education / Shanna L. Graves, Tamara N. Stevenson, and Eboni M. Zamani-Gallaher -- Preparing for the Knowledge Society: Lessons from Detroit's Early African American Female Teachers / Linda G. Williams -- Poverty, Postsecondary Education, and Child Care: The Impact of "Work First" Policies on African American Single Mothers in Michigan / Valerie Polakow -- Examining African American Female Students' Decision to Pursue the Doctorate / Carmen M. McCallum -- It's My Prerogative: Black Women Administrators Share Their Challenges of Race and Gender at Predominately White Michigan Institutions / Denise O'Neil Green and Ramona Meraz Lewis -- Part 3. Social and Cultural Issues Affecting African American Females. An Exploratory Study of Social Issues Facing African American High School Female Adolescents in Detroit / Delila Owens, Rhonda M. Bryant, and Diana Thomas -- Critical Race Theory and African Womanism: Theorizing Black Girls' Education at the Local and Global Levels / Venus E. Evans-Winters -- Imag[e]ining Hip-Hop Femininity: Contentions, Contradictions, and Contributions / Donyale R. Griffin Padgett, Cheryl D. Jenkins, and Dale Anderson -- Part 4. Psychosocial and Health Matters. Legacies of Shame and Blood: Intimate Partner Violence among African American Women / Devika Dibya Choudhuri -- Self-Definitions of Daily Routines, Parent-Child Interactions, and Crack Cocaine Addiction among African American Mothers / Tierra Bernardine Twis -- HIV Prevention Efforts and African American Women: A Commentary for Future Research / Syreeta Scott, Stephen D. Jefferson, Lori Hale, and Krupa Hedge -- African American Women and Cancer / Dia Copeland -- Improving General Health Care for African American Women: Michigan and Beyond / Phillis Cherie Mims-Gillum K-12 Educational Experiences of African American Females -- Pathway to the Professions : African American Females on Both Sides of the Desk -- Social and Cultural Issues Affecting African American Females -- Psychosocial and Health Matters Summary "African American Females: Addressing Challenges and Nurturing the Future illustrates that across education, health, and other areas of social life, opportunities are stratified along gender as well as race lines. The unequal distribution of wealth, power, and privilege between men and women intersects with race and class to create multiple levels of disadvantage. This book is one result of a unique forum intended to bring into focus the K-12 and postsecondary schooling issues and challenges affecting African American girls and women. Focusing on the historical antecedents of African American female participation and the contemporary context of access and opportunity for black girls and women, the contributors to this collection pay particular attention to the interaction of gender with race/ethnicity, class, age, and health, with the central aim of encouraging thoughtful reading, critical thinking, and informed conversations about the necessity of exploring the lives of African American females. Additionally, the book frames important implications for recommended changes in policy and practice regarding a number of critical matters presently affecting African American females in schools and communities across the state of Michigan and nationwide"--Publisher's description Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes English Print version record Subject African American women -- Social conditions African American women -- Michigan -- Social conditions -- Case studies African American women -- Education. African American girls -- Education African American girls -- Education -- Michigan -- Case studies African American teenage girls -- Education -- Michigan -- Case studies African American women in higher education. African American women -- Employment African American women -- Employment -- Michigan -- Case studies African American women in the professions. African American women -- Health and hygiene African American women -- Health and hygiene -- Michigan -- Case studies Intersectionality (Sociology) SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. African American women -- Education African American women -- Employment African American women -- Health and hygiene African American women -- Social conditions Black feminism. Women. Intersectionality. Genre/Form Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book Author Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni M., 1971- Polite, Vernon C. LC no. 2012048403 ISBN 1609173899 9781609173890 9781628961690 1628961694 9781628951691 1628951699

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