In Their Voices : : Black Americans on Transracial Adoption

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Call Number: 362.734 Ro
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Foreword / by Leon W. Chestang -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: moving beyond the controversy of the transracial adoption of black and biracial children -- Jim Crow era (1877-1954) -- Evelyn Rhodes, great grandmother and matriarch -- W. Wilson Goode Sr., first black mayor of Philadelphia (1984-92) -- Cyril C. Pinder, mentor and former national football league player -- Civil rights era (1955-72) -- Arthur E. McFarlane II, great grandson of W. E. B. du Bois and advocate for the preservation of cultural heritage -- Lora Kay (pseudonym), principal of a charter school in Washington, D.C -- Chester Jackson, professional adoption worker and adoptive father -- Henry Allen, professor of sociology -- Post-civil rights era (1973-present) -- Vershawn A. Young, author and scholar -- Michelle M. Hughes, adoption attorney and adoptive mother -- Mahisha Dellinger, CEO and founder of curls -- Deneta Howland Sells, physician and civil rights advocate -- Tabitha, child welfare bureau chief -- Bryan Post, CEO of the post institute for family-centered therapy and adoptee -- Shilease Hofmann, spouse of a transracial adoptee -- Chelsey Hines, foster care alumna and transracial adoptee -- Demetrius Walker, entrepreneur and cofounder of the DN/BE Apparel -- Conclusion -- Afterword -- Appendix: multicultural adoption plan -- Notes -- References.

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