Harvesting new generations
Subtitle: the positive development of Black youth
By: Useni Eugene Perkins.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Third World Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: African American youth.; African Americans -- Social conditions -- 1975-
Description: A comprehensive exposition on Black youth, this study provides a careful analysis of their problems--personal, societal and institutional--as well as potential solutions for the future. Useni Eugene Perkins has worked with Black youth for over forty-five years in many capacities. He directed a gang outreach program at the Henry Horner Boys Club, served as director of the Better Boys Foundation, President of the Urban League of Portland, Oregon and recently directed the Family Life Center at Chicago State University. In addition, he is the president of the Association for the Positive Development of Black Youth and has been recognized as one of the pioneers of the Rites of Passage movement. He also serves as Special Consultant to the National Association of Former Foster Care Children of America, Inc.--Page [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-296).
Table of contents: title: The effects of slavery on Black youth; title: The victim as scapegoat; title: The crisis of the Black adolescence; title: The myth of Western sociology; title: Shaping a relevant education; title: The crisis in teenage pregnancy; title: The hoax of the military; title: The jock strap mentality; title: The effects of media on Black youth; title: The socialization of Black youth; title: The juvenile justice system; title: Factors contributing to gang membership and participation in violence by youth; title: The spiritual development of Black youth; title: A conceptual model for the positive development of Black youth; title: Afrocentric socialization paradigm for the positive development of Black youth.