Charles V. Willie, Ph.D., is the Charles W. Eliot Professor of Education emeritus at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Richard J. Reddick, Ed.D., is assistant professor of educational administration at The University of Texas at Austin.

With a sensitive eye to the diversity of experiences that characterize African Americans, Willie and Reddick put to rest the stubbornly persistent notion of a single “black experience.” A book that does not shy away from either scholarly or policy controversies, A New Look at Black Families makes a valuable contribution to the national conversation on race.

• Part 1 Conceptual Approach to the Study of Black FamiliesChapter 2 1. IntroductionChapter 3 2. Family Life and Social StratificationPart 4 Analyses of Black Families by Social ClassChapter 5 3. Middle-Class Black FamiliesChapter 6 4. Working-Class Black FamiliesChapter 7 5. Low-Income Black FamiliesChapter 8 6. Social Classes and Family Adaptation: A Comparative AnalysisPart 9 Cases Against and For Black Men and Black WomenChapter 10 7. The Case For and Against Black MalesChapter 11 8. The Myth of the Black MatriarchyPart 12 Alternative Pathways to SuccessChapter 13 9. Maternal Mentoring ModelsChapter 14 10. Paternal Mentoring ModelsChapter 15 11. Family Goals and Practices Among Same-Gender ParentsChapter 16 12. The Egalitarian FamilyPart 17 Black Families and the Social SystemChapter 18 13. Social and Economic Supports for Black Family LifeChapter 19 14. The Complex and Interesting Family Life of Barack Obama: The First Black President of the United StatesPart 20 Summary, Conclusions and ReferencesChapter 21 15. Summary and Conclusions

Charles V. Willie, Ph.D., is the Charles W. Eliot Professor of Education emeritus at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Richard J. Reddick, Ed.D., is assistant professor of educational administration at The University of Texas at Austin.

With a sensitive eye to the diversity of experiences that characterize African Americans, Willie and Reddick put to rest the stubbornly persistent notion of a single “black experience.” A book that does not shy away from either scholarly or policy controversies, A New Look at Black Families makes a valuable contribution to the national conversation on race.

• Part 1 Conceptual Approach to the Study of Black FamiliesChapter 2 1. IntroductionChapter 3 2. Family Life and Social StratificationPart 4 Analyses of Black Families by Social ClassChapter 5 3. Middle-Class Black FamiliesChapter 6 4. Working-Class Black FamiliesChapter 7 5. Low-Income Black FamiliesChapter 8 6. Social Classes and Family Adaptation: A Comparative AnalysisPart 9 Cases Against and For Black Men and Black WomenChapter 10 7. The Case For and Against Black MalesChapter 11 8. The Myth of the Black MatriarchyPart 12 Alternative Pathways to SuccessChapter 13 9. Maternal Mentoring ModelsChapter 14 10. Paternal Mentoring ModelsChapter 15 11. Family Goals and Practices Among Same-Gender ParentsChapter 16 12. The Egalitarian FamilyPart 17 Black Families and the Social SystemChapter 18 13. Social and Economic Supports for Black Family LifeChapter 19 14. The Complex and Interesting Family Life of Barack Obama: The First Black President of the United StatesPart 20 Summary, Conclusions and ReferencesChapter 21 15. Summary and Conclusions

Charles V. Willie, Ph.D., is the Charles W. Eliot Professor of Education emeritus at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Richard J. Reddick, Ed.D., is assistant professor of educational administration at The University of Texas at Austin.

With a sensitive eye to the diversity of experiences that characterize African Americans, Willie and Reddick put to rest the stubbornly persistent notion of a single “black experience.” A book that does not shy away from either scholarly or policy controversies, A New Look at Black Families makes a valuable contribution to the national conversation on race.

• Part 1 Conceptual Approach to the Study of Black FamiliesChapter 2 1. IntroductionChapter 3 2. Family Life and Social StratificationPart 4 Analyses of Black Families by Social ClassChapter 5 3. Middle-Class Black FamiliesChapter 6 4. Working-Class Black FamiliesChapter 7 5. Low-Income Black FamiliesChapter 8 6. Social Classes and Family Adaptation: A Comparative AnalysisPart 9 Cases Against and For Black Men and Black WomenChapter 10 7. The Case For and Against Black MalesChapter 11 8. The Myth of the Black MatriarchyPart 12 Alternative Pathways to SuccessChapter 13 9. Maternal Mentoring ModelsChapter 14 10. Paternal Mentoring ModelsChapter 15 11. Family Goals and Practices Among Same-Gender ParentsChapter 16 12. The Egalitarian FamilyPart 17 Black Families and the Social SystemChapter 18 13. Social and Economic Supports for Black Family LifeChapter 19 14. The Complex and Interesting Family Life of Barack Obama: The First Black President of the United StatesPart 20 Summary, Conclusions and ReferencesChapter 21 15. Summary and Conclusions