Title: Transitions in consciousness from an African American perspective :
Authors: Ferguson, Carroy U.
Date: 2004
Publisher: University Press of America,
Physical description: xxii, 332 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language: English
LC classification: E
Contents: A psycho-historical period of preliminary musing : harnessing random thoughts -- Psycho-historical context (1954-1967) -- A mediating developmental approach to thought and language : verbal thought, word meaning, and concept formation -- A psycho-historical period of creative anger -- Psycho-historical context (1967-1973) -- Toward a psychology of black mental health -- A psycho-historical period of research and study -- Psycho-historical context (1974-1989) -- "Culture of poverty" : a reality or a misconception -- Cultural awareness and crosscultural communication : models and principles -- A psycho-historical period of expanded thought -- Psycho-historical context (1990-1993) -- The mirror effect and anti-black disposition as a function of fear and an outer vs. inner orientation : transcending a crossracial and cultural barrier in expanding consciousness -- A psycho-historical period of further expanded thought -- Psycho-historical context (1990-1995) -- Expanding our consciousness through the use of the mirror effect : the inner state of the human race and race relations -- A psycho-historical period of new musing -- Psycho-historical context (1990-1996) -- Meaning of race and the concept of self : a transpersonal perspective -- Epilogue - a psycho-historical update : "reminder events," challenges, and next steps -- Psycho-historical context (1996 - the dawn of a new millennium) -- A timeline of African American life -- Transition in consciousness exercises related to each chapter -- Table A. : universal energy laws and their characteristics.
Subject headings (LCSH): African Americans--Psychology.; Racism--United States--Psychological aspects; United States--Race relations--Psychological aspects.