Black Youth Rising: Activism and Radical Healing in Urban America

by Shawn A. Ginwright and Shawn A. Ginwright

Book Overview

Black Youth Rising is a book that restores hope and possibility to the lives of urban black youth. In this pathbreaking account, author Shawn Ginwright details the powerful positive impact that community-based organizations can have in rebuilding the lives of urban black youth, through a process he calls radical healing. Readers can see how caring adults in a community setting are able to create safe spaces for youth to turn away from neighborhood...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807750212
• ISBN13: 9780807750216
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"