Young, Black, and Male in America: An Endangered Species

by Jewelle Taylor Gibbs

Book Overview

The problems of young black males are challenging, complex, and chronic, perplexing educators, social scientists, and policymakers. While other groups, including women and recent immigrants, have made economic and social gains in the last two decades, black youth are now more likely than they were in 1960 to be unemployed, to be involved in the criminal justice system, to be unwed fathers, and to commit suicide. Young black males are a population...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865691800
• ISBN13: 9780865691803
• Release Date: May 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"