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Our Black Sons Matter : Mothers Talk about Fears, Sorrows, and Hopes.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442269125
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Our Black Sons MatterLOC classification:
  • E185.86.O85 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: Reflections -- 1 Black Mother/Sons -- 2 Once White in America -- 3 A Bottle of Mike Brown and Robin Williams -- 4 Dark Radiance -- 5 Why Being the Lone Black Friend of Whites Will Not Protect You -- 6 The Box -- 7 White Mama, Black Sons -- 8 Watching and Waiting -- 9 The Trouble I've Seen . . . and Why It Matters -- 10 Inside/Outside -- 11 Black and Blue -- 12 A Black Jewish Boy Facing Manhood -- II: Essays -- 13 Sacrificial Lambs -- 14 Reflections of Black Motherhood -- 15 The War Within -- 16 A Long Ways from Home? -- 17 T.H.U.G. (Talented, Humanistic, Unique, Gifted) -- 18 A Fierce Love -- 19 Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death -- 20 Mothers and Their Black Sons -- 21 Regarding Henry -- III: Poems -- 22 A Love Poem for Michael Brown -- 23 Lamentations from a Black Mom -- 24 for trayvon -- 25 News of You, My Son -- 26 Death Passes Twice -- IV: Letters -- 27 Dear William -- 28 A Letter to CJ -- 29 Killing/Saving/Loving Black Boys -- 30 Anger -- 31 A Letter to Dr. King -- 32 A Letter to My Sons -- Afterword -- Notes -- Resources -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: Our Black Sons Matter is a powerful collection of original essays, letters, and poems that addresses both the deep joys and the very real challenges of raising black boys today. The book addresses painful trauma, challenges assumptions, and offers insights and hope through the deep bonds between mothers and their children.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: Reflections -- 1 Black Mother/Sons -- 2 Once White in America -- 3 A Bottle of Mike Brown and Robin Williams -- 4 Dark Radiance -- 5 Why Being the Lone Black Friend of Whites Will Not Protect You -- 6 The Box -- 7 White Mama, Black Sons -- 8 Watching and Waiting -- 9 The Trouble I've Seen . . . and Why It Matters -- 10 Inside/Outside -- 11 Black and Blue -- 12 A Black Jewish Boy Facing Manhood -- II: Essays -- 13 Sacrificial Lambs -- 14 Reflections of Black Motherhood -- 15 The War Within -- 16 A Long Ways from Home? -- 17 T.H.U.G. (Talented, Humanistic, Unique, Gifted) -- 18 A Fierce Love -- 19 Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death -- 20 Mothers and Their Black Sons -- 21 Regarding Henry -- III: Poems -- 22 A Love Poem for Michael Brown -- 23 Lamentations from a Black Mom -- 24 for trayvon -- 25 News of You, My Son -- 26 Death Passes Twice -- IV: Letters -- 27 Dear William -- 28 A Letter to CJ -- 29 Killing/Saving/Loving Black Boys -- 30 Anger -- 31 A Letter to Dr. King -- 32 A Letter to My Sons -- Afterword -- Notes -- Resources -- Index -- About the Contributors.

Our Black Sons Matter is a powerful collection of original essays, letters, and poems that addresses both the deep joys and the very real challenges of raising black boys today. The book addresses painful trauma, challenges assumptions, and offers insights and hope through the deep bonds between mothers and their children.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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